First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
SOC 33-1021 · 2024-2034
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in firefighting and fire prevention and control.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $130,863per year
- Projected openings
- 5,620
- Projected change
- +4.9%
- Usually needs
- Postsecondary non-degree award
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
- Speaking
- Monitoring
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $193,859 | 110 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $176,263 | 1,080 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $171,830 | 470 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $168,885 | 180 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $160,991 | 350 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $159,813 | 50 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $148,629 | 30 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $146,315 | 30 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $143,075 | 70 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $137,398 | 100 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $126,991 | 380 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $123,443 | 90 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $115,316 | 260 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $109,302 | 120 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $104,499 | 90 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $102,031 | 50 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $102,020 | 70 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $101,948 | 120 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $101,609 | 150 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $95,531 | 370 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $95,449 | 20 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $93,741 | 130 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $93,741 | 80 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $93,567 | 90 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $93,515 | 80 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $93,166 | 50 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $61,037 | 30 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | Not reported | 210 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefighters | $87,276 | 25,610 | +5% |
| Fire Inspectors and Investigators | $101,743 | 1,410 | +7.7% |
| First-line Supervisors of Security Workers | $55,327 | 11,110 | +5.5% |
| Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors | $135,222 | 1,590 | +4% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $168,113 | 9,390 | +5.3% |
| Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $105,719 | 19,550 | +16.4% |
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