Compare A Fire Captain ↔ B Safety Engineer

Compare with

Your route

1 move · +$41,730 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Safety Engineer: license depends on the work (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).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Fire Captain to Safety Engineer +$41,730 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.73 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (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).

Side by side

All Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors: Texas median $123,440, $41,730 more a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers ($81,710), every experience level.

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

$81,710+$41,730$123,440

Gates on the route: license depends on the work (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).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +9.6% Texas, 700 openings a year

B +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year

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

2.8 / 5-0.52.4 / 5

Hazardous conditions-1.18Hazardous conditions: A 3.85, B 2.67
Protective gear-1.02Protective gear: A 3.41, B 2.39
Cramped space-1.00Cramped space: A 3.17, B 2.17
Hazardous equipment-1.00Hazardous equipment: A 3.87, B 2.87
Bending or twisting-0.82Bending or twisting: A 2.82, B 2

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do).

B Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

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 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.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 27%).

B Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Complex Problem Solving
Judgment and Decision Making
Speaking

To build: 2

Systems Analysis +0.74
Writing +0.50

Make this your goal

Save Fire Captain to Safety Engineer as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 2 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.