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What game wardens make
Typical warden
$74,060
Cadet or first year
$50,990
Senior or federal
$100,980
The national median is $74,060 a year, and the bottom tenth start near $50,990. Pay is set by each state, so the spread is huge: a warden in a well-funded western or northeastern state can earn double one in a poor rural state doing the same job.