Compare A Fire Protection Engineer ↔ B Environmental Scientist

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Your route

2 moves · -$31,440 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Environmental Engineer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Environmental Scientist: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Fire Protection Engineer to Environmental Engineer -$380 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Environmental Engineers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.89.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Monitoring, Coordination
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Environmental Engineer to Environmental Scientist -$31,060 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80.
- Gates: experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Science

Side by side

All Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health: Texas median $92,000, $31,440 less a year than all Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers ($123,440), every experience level.

Fire Protection Engineer: 69% work more than 40 hours a week, about 6.5 times the share for Environmental Scientist (11%).

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

$123,440-$31,440$92,000

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

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year

B +15.4% Texas, 440 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

69%-59 pts11%

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

2.0 / 5-0.41.6 / 5

Climbing ladders-0.82Climbing ladders: A 1.92, B 1.1
High places-0.80High places: A 1.96, B 1.16
Cramped space-0.54Cramped space: A 1.81, B 1.27
Protective gear-0.52Protective gear: A 1.85, B 1.33
Keeping balance-0.51Keeping balance: A 1.58, B 1.07

Degree

A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 96%).

B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 78%).

License

A Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.

B No license for this job title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 31%).

B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 29%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Writing
Critical Thinking

To build: 2

Coordination +0.50
Monitoring +0.50

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