The annual salary statistics of fire inspectors and investigators in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of fire inspectors and investigators in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $44,890 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,720 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $55,840 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $58,370 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $76,920 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fire inspectors and investigators in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $76,920. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,840. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,890.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fire inspectors and investigators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $55,840 | 10.58% | 7.41% |
| 2020 | $49,930 | 3.52% | - |
| 2019 | $48,170 | 5.54% | - |
| 2018 | $45,500 | -13.63% | - |
| 2012 | $51,700 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $55,840 in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville is in the middle of salary range for fire inspectors and investigators in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of fire inspectors and investigators in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville is 55.5 percent (55.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach and 25.9 percent (25.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota.