Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021

33-1021 First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in firefighting and fire prevention and control.

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National estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
Industry profile for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
Geographic profile for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers

National estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
80,890	1.3 %	$ 40.03	$ 83,270	0.5 %

Percentile wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 22.81	$ 29.46	$ 37.61	$ 48.24	$ 61.38
Annual Wage (2)	$ 47,450	$ 61,270	$ 78,230	$ 100,350	$ 127,680

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Industry profile for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	74,490	1.39	$ 40.58	$ 84,410
Other Support Services	2,650	0.94	$ 27.84	$ 57,910
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	1,800	0.08	$ 37.84	$ 78,700
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	1,440	0.07	$ 37.70	$ 78,410
Investigation and Security Services	70	0.01	$ 24.78	$ 51,550

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	74,490	1.39	$ 40.58	$ 84,410
Other Support Services	2,650	0.94	$ 27.84	$ 57,910
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	1,800	0.08	$ 37.84	$ 78,700
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	1,440	0.07	$ 37.70	$ 78,410
Investigation and Security Services	70	0.01	$ 24.78	$ 51,550

Top paying industries for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	(8)	(8)	$ 44.89	$ 93,360
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	74,490	1.39	$ 40.58	$ 84,410
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	50	(7)	$ 40.22	$ 83,650
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	1,800	0.08	$ 37.84	$ 78,700
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	1,440	0.07	$ 37.70	$ 78,410

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Geographic profile for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Texas	9,590	0.78	1.37	$ 36.77	$ 76,470
Florida	7,180	0.83	1.45	$ 40.23	$ 83,680
California	5,150	0.31	0.54	$ 59.67	$ 124,120
Georgia	4,420	1.01	1.76	$ 30.17	$ 62,750
Illinois	3,270	0.58	1.01	$ 43.12	$ 89,690

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Rhode Island	720	1.57	2.74	$ 36.27	$ 75,440
New Mexico	840	1.08	1.89	$ 30.87	$ 64,200
Louisiana	1,880	1.05	1.82	$ 26.80	$ 55,750
Mississippi	1,140	1.04	1.81	$ 22.26	$ 46,300
Georgia	4,420	1.01	1.76	$ 30.17	$ 62,750

Top paying states for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	5,150	0.31	0.54	$ 59.67	$ 124,120
New Jersey	960	0.25	0.44	$ 58.79	$ 122,290
New York	3,150	0.36	0.63	$ 56.85	$ 118,250
District of Columbia	350	0.52	0.91	$ 53.27	$ 110,810
Washington	3,090	0.97	1.68	$ 52.68	$ 109,560

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	2,870	0.33	0.58	$ 62.48	$ 129,950
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	2,550	0.71	1.24	$ 40.17	$ 83,560
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	2,390	0.98	1.70	$ 47.94	$ 99,720
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	2,360	0.56	0.97	$ 45.79	$ 95,250
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	2,350	0.91	1.58	$ 33.17	$ 68,990
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	2,010	0.69	1.21	$ 36.39	$ 75,680
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	1,930	0.74	1.30	$ 47.25	$ 98,280
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	1,630	0.85	1.49	$ 56.95	$ 118,460
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	1,580	0.54	0.94	$ 49.34	$ 102,630
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,540	0.27	0.47	$ 70.07	$ 145,740

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Las Cruces, NM	180	2.67	4.64	$ 28.98	$ 60,270
Prescott, AZ	130	2.09	3.63	$ 34.06	$ 70,850
Farmington, NM	80	2.04	3.55	$ 29.07	$ 60,470
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	300	1.86	3.23	$ 32.95	$ 68,530
Barnstable Town, MA	180	1.81	3.16	$ 42.91	$ 89,250
Rome, GA	70	1.78	3.09	$ 26.04	$ 54,160
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS	260	1.76	3.06	$ 25.68	$ 53,410
Hammond, LA	80	1.71	2.99	$ 28.17	$ 58,590
San Angelo, TX	80	1.70	2.96	$ 32.13	$ 66,820
Bellingham, WA	140	1.68	2.93	$ 46.94	$ 97,640