Compare A Fire Captain ↔ B Fire Inspector
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1 move · +$680 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Fire Inspector: Basic Inspector certification (TCFP), required for employed and appointed fire inspectors license, experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).
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Fire Captain to Fire Inspector +$680 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Fire Inspectors and Investigators as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.84.
- Gates: Basic Inspector certification (TCFP), required for employed and appointed fire inspectors license, experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).
Side by side
All Fire Inspectors and Investigators: Texas median $82,390, $680 more a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers ($81,710), every experience level.
Fire Captain: 96% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.4 times the share for Fire Inspector (41%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: Basic Inspector certification (TCFP), required for employed and appointed fire inspectors license, experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET, most common).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +9.6% Texas, 700 openings a year
B +3.4% United States, 1,500 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.8 / 5-0.22.7 / 5
- Hazardous conditions-1.31Hazardous conditions: A 3.85, B 2.54
- Protective gear-1.23Protective gear: A 3.41, B 2.18
- Hazardous equipment-1.20Hazardous equipment: A 3.87, B 2.67
- Very hot or cold+1.01Very hot or cold: A 2.42, B 3.43
- Outdoors, all weather+0.77Outdoors, all weather: A 3.56, B 4.33
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 4% do).
License
A Texas: paid, appointed firefighters need TCFP Structure Fire Suppression certification; the Fire Officer certificate for captains is optional under state law, though departments may require it.
B 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).
Experience
A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 27%).
B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 25%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Writing
- Reading Comprehension
- Social Perceptiveness
To build: 0
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