Fire inspectors

Detailed Occupation

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2021 Workforce
25.4k
Average Age
46.1
Average Salary
$70,353
Average Male Salary
$71,878
Average Female Salary
$59,889

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Fire inspectors are most often employed by the Justice, public order, & safety activities industry. The average yearly wage for Fire inspectors was $70,353 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Fire inspectors are Islip Town (South) PUMA, NY, Cape Coral City PUMA, FL, and Aroostook & Washington Counties PUMA, ME. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Fire inspectors are Islip Town (South) PUMA, NY, Aroostook & Washington Counties PUMA, ME, and Cape Coral City PUMA, FL.

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Employment and salary information for the Fire inspectors workforce. Fire inspectors workforce in 2021 was 25,442 people, of which 12.7% were women and 87.3% were men. Fire inspectors are paid most in Columbia, Levy, Bradford, Gilchrist, Dixie & Union Counties PUMA, FL but are relatively concentrated in Islip Town (South) PUMA, NY.

Employment Over Time

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22,206
Male Workforce
± 3.66k
3,236
Female Workforce
± 1.4k

The Fire inspectors workforce in 2021 was 25,442 people (12.7% women and 87.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of 35.3% between 2014 (18,808) and 2021 (25,442).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Fire inspectors.

During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Iowa ($115,728), Idaho ($104,614), and Massachusetts ($90,029).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$70,353
AVERAGE WAGE
#150 in the ranking (2021)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Fire inspectors earned an average of $70,353, $10,758 more than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

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0.309
WAGE GINI

In 2021, Fire inspectors had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.309, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Fire inspectors (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Fire inspectors and on wages for those in the field. Justice, public order, & safety activities is the industry that employs the most Fire inspectors, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Fire inspectors, by average wage, is Recreational vehicle parks & camps and rooming & boarding houses ($120,460).

Occupations by Industries

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25.4k
2021 Workforce
± 3,916
5.59%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 20.9%

This graphic shows the share of Fire inspectors employed by various industries. Justice, public order, & safety activities employs the largest share of Fire inspectors at 67.6%, followed by Investigation & security services with 21% and Forestry except logging with 11.4%.

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Demographic information on Fire inspectors in the US. The workforce of Fire inspectors in 2021 was 25,442 people, with 12.7% woman, and 87.3% men. The average age of male Fire inspectors in the workforce is 46.4 and of female Fire inspectors is 44.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Fire inspectors is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Fire inspectors in 2021 was 25,442 people, with 12.7% woman, and 87.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 45 to 49 years (4,158 people), 50 to 54 years (3,955  people), and 40 to 44 years (3,160 people). Among them they concentrated 45.1% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2021, 9.04% of Fire inspectors workers were Hispanic and 91% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (67.9%), Puerto Rican (21.9)%, and Cuban (10.2)%

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Races

In 2021, 82.5% of the Fire inspectors workforce were White, of which 11.4% were women and 88.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (8.39%) and Two or More Races (3.41%).

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Data on higher education choices for Fire inspectors from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Fire inspectors is Protective Services but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Natural Resources & Conservation.

Among the necessary skills for Fire inspectors, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Fire inspectors need more than the average amount of Science.

Majors

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Degree

The most common majors achieved by Fire inspectors in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Protective Services (1,232 people), Business (922 people), and Engineering (529 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Fire inspectors workers were Some college (8,649 people), High School or Equivalent (5,698 people), and Bachelors Degree (4,799 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Fire inspectors from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fire inspectors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Speaking.

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