Fire inspectors

Detailed Occupation

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2020 Workforce
24.1k
Average Age
45.9
Average Salary
$66,609
Average Male Salary
$68,093
Average Female Salary
$57,031

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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 $66,609 in 2020.

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 2020 was 24,094 people, of which 13.4% were women and 86.6% were men. Fire inspectors are paid most in Islip Town (South) PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Islip Town (South) PUMA, NY.

Employment Over Time

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20,862
Male Workforce
± 3.55k
3,232
Female Workforce
± 1.4k

The Fire inspectors workforce in 2020 was 24,094 people (13.4% women and 86.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of 28.1% between 2014 (18,808) and 2020 (24,094).

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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 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($102,386), Idaho ($99,897), and Iowa ($96,745).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$66,609
AVERAGE WAGE
#149 in the ranking (2020)
$55,954
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Fire inspectors earned an average of $66,609, $10,655 more than the average national salary of $55,954

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Wage Distribution

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0.298
WAGE GINI

In 2020, Fire inspectors had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.298, 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 Agencies, brokerages, and other insurance related activities ($97,963).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
24.1k
2020 Workforce
± 3,811
9.25%
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 67.9%, followed by Investigation & security services with 20.7% 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 2020 was 24,094 people, with 13.4% woman, and 86.6% men. The average age of male Fire inspectors in the workforce is 46.3 and of female Fire inspectors is 43.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Fire inspectors is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Fire inspectors in 2020 was 24,094 people, with 13.4% woman, and 86.6% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 45 to 49 years (4,178 people), 50 to 54 years (3,765  people), and 40 to 44 years (3,048 people). Among them they concentrated 46.5% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2020, 9.45% of Fire inspectors workers were Hispanic and 90.6% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (70%), Puerto Rican (18.6)%, and Cuban (11.5)%

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Races

In 2020, 82.4% of the Fire inspectors workforce were White, of which 12.2% were women and 87.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (9.72%) and Other (2.35%).

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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 2020 were Protective Services.

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 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Protective Services (1,272 people), Business (832 people), and Engineering (517 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Fire inspectors workers were Some college (8,195 people), High School or Equivalent (5,250 people), and Bachelors Degree (4,596 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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