Headline risk
29%
Moderate RiskForest fire inspectors and prevention specialists
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Enforce fire regulations, inspect forest for fire hazards, and recommend forest fire prevention or control measures. May report forest fires and weather conditions.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 52,380
Employment 2024
2.9K
Projected Change (2024–34)
14.6%
Openings (2024–34)
0.3K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Overall employment of fire inspectors is projected to grow 6 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Relay messages about emergencies, accidents, locations of crew and personnel, and fire hazard conditions. AI use: 0%
- 2. Conduct wildland firefighting training. AI use: 0%
- 3. Estimate sizes and characteristics of fires, and report findings to base camps by radio or telephone. AI use: 0%
- 4. Extinguish smaller fires with portable extinguishers, shovels, and axes. AI use: 0%
- 5. Direct crews working on firelines during forest fires. AI use: 0%
- 6. Compile and report meteorological data, such as temperature, relative humidity, wind direction and velocity, and types of cloud formations. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 42.1 · 210K employed
Under 25: 7% · 25–54: 71% · 55+: 23%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
major_group_fallback · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Fire inspectors detect fire hazards, recommend prevention measures, ensure compliance with state and local fire regulations, and investigate causes of fires.
Fire inspectors work in office settings and onsite, including outdoors. Most work full time, and some work more than 40 hours per week. Their schedules may include evenings, weekends, and holidays because they must be ready to respond when fires occur.
To enter the occupation, fire inspectors typically need at least a high school diploma or equivalent and work experience as a firefighter or in a related occupation. Once hired, they typically receive on-the-job-training in inspection and investigation. They also may need certification.
The median annual wage for fire inspectors and investigators was $78,060 in May 2024.
Overall employment of fire inspectors is projected to grow 6 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.