How Much Do Fire Inspectors Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Fire Inspectors

Fire Inspectors inspect buildings and equipment to detect fire hazards and enforce state and local regulations.

Salary
$67680
Becoming One
Medium
Education
Post-secondary certificate
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality
Interest Match



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$67680 per year
Hourly wage
$33 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$39,860 to $50,230 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$19 to $24 per hour

Entry-level Fire Inspectors with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $39,860 to $50,230 per year or $19 to $24 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
B

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Fire Inspectors to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $48 $100,780
Senior (Top 25%) $39 $81,800
Middle (Mid 50%) $31 $64,610
Junior (Bottom 25%) $24 $50,230
No experience (Bottom 10%) $19 $39,860

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
CA $53 $109,850
ID $50 $103,310
OR $48 $99,630
WA $46 $96,660
NV $44 $90,550
CT $37 $77,970
CO $37 $77,920
MN $37 $76,020
MI $35 $72,520
MA $34 $70,960

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Fire Inspector is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Fire Inspectors are in the states of CA, ID, OR, WA and NV.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services $101000 $48.56
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing $76360 $36.71
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $71970 $34.60
Local Government $69010 $33.18
Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities $68580 $32.97
State Government $63530 $30.54
Building Equipment Contractors $61900 $29.76
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $57900 $27.84
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $55040 $26.46
Other Support Services $52140 $25.07

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