Compare A Fire Protection Engineer ↔ B Environmental Inspector
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1 move · -$48,070 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Environmental Inspector: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
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Fire Protection Engineer to Environmental Inspector -$48,070 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Environmental Compliance Inspectors as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.78 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Side by side
All Environmental Compliance Inspectors: Texas median $75,370, $48,070 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 2.8 times the share for Environmental Inspector (25%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year
B +12.1% Texas, 3,540 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.0 / 5+0.22.1 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather+1.34Outdoors, all weather: A 2.46, B 3.8
- Very hot or cold+0.76Very hot or cold: A 2.04, B 2.8
- Hazardous equipment+0.63Hazardous equipment: A 1.77, B 2.4
- Walking or running+0.46Walking or running: A 2.04, B 2.5
- Climbing ladders-0.32Climbing ladders: A 1.92, B 1.6
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: 75%).
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: none (O*NET: 25%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Writing
- Active Learning
To build: 2
- Monitoring +0.63
- Operations Monitoring +0.50
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