Compare A Fire Inspector ↔ B Electrical Inspector

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1 move · -$17,580 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Inspector: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

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Fire Inspector to Electrical Inspector -$17,580 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Construction and Building Inspectors as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- Gates: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Mathematics

Side by side

All Construction and Building Inspectors: Texas median $64,810, $17,580 less a year than all Fire Inspectors and Investigators ($82,390), every experience level.

Fire Inspector: 41% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.1 times the share for Electrical Inspector (20%).

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$82,390-$17,580$64,810

Gates on the route: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +3.4% United States, 1,500 openings a year

B +8.2% Texas, 1,860 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

41%-21 pts20%

Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first

2.7 / 5+0.12.7 / 5

High places+0.64High places: A 2.52, B 3.16
Hazardous conditions-0.34Hazardous conditions: A 2.54, B 2.2
Keeping balance+0.29Keeping balance: A 1.75, B 2.04
Kneeling or crawling+0.25Kneeling or crawling: A 1.91, B 2.16
Walking or running-0.23Walking or running: A 3.15, B 2.92

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 4% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 20% do).

License

A Texas: TCFP Inspector certification is required for fire inspectors employed and appointed by a fire department (approved training and exam). State Fire Marshal licenses: not checked (unreachable).

B No Texas state license for electrical inspectors: TDLR's electrician license list and Code Enforcement registration do not cover it (read 2026-10-03). Employers may require their own credentials.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 25%).

B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 32%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Speaking
Systems Evaluation
Time Management
Active Learning
Persuasion

To build: 2

Reading Comprehension +0.62
Mathematics +0.50

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