Highest-paying Cities for Fire Inspectors and Investigators

The top 100 highest paying cities for fire inspectors and investigators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of fire inspectors and investigators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $139,690, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is the highest paying city for fire inspectors and investigators. It is followed by Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida (average annual salary $125,610). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of fire inspectors and investigators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Fire Inspectors and Investigators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$139,690	$72,150	80
2	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$125,610	$94,940	1,710
3	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$112,160	$76,370	40
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$110,200	$63,460	260
5	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$109,560	$102,620	80
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$108,590	$77,930	140
7	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$107,080	$78,370	60
8	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$104,080	$76,360	70
9	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$103,660	$60,520	50
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$102,470	$68,010	200
11	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$101,880	$75,230	30
12	Columbus, Ohio	$101,400	$54,300	280
13	Dayton, Ohio	$99,580	$48,770	40
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$98,930	$57,130	140
15	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$97,980	$48,790	40
16	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$97,860	$47,570	40
17	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$95,990	$57,970	40
18	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$95,260	$39,610	270
19	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$94,550	$66,840	80
20	Medford, Oregon	$94,010	$79,830	n/a
21	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$92,900	$69,830	90
22	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$92,700	$63,220	130
23	Rockford, Illinois	$91,310	$29,560	40
24	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$85,950	$49,270	70
25	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$85,480	$36,120	30
26	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$84,960	$63,380	50
27	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$84,040	$38,840	50
28	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$80,640	$37,420	230
29	New Haven, Connecticut	$79,870	$52,470	60
30	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$79,630	$66,420	120
31	Kansas City, Missouri	$79,550	$42,680	80
32	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$78,460	$64,290	40
33	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$78,380	$46,110	90
34	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$78,370	$48,030	90
35	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$77,860	$36,320	420
36	Savannah, Georgia	$76,950	$60,350	40
37	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$76,160	$48,640	50
38	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$76,000	$43,170	170
39	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$75,010	$49,080	50
40	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$74,460	$52,800	130
41	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$74,440	$55,710	90
42	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$74,000	$40,090	40
43	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$73,800	$47,930	50
44	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$73,330	$55,370	50
45	Utica-Rome, New York	$73,180	$58,440	30
46	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$72,890	$48,530	50
47	St Louis, Missouri	$72,680	$35,470	80
48	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$72,400	$50,040	200
49	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$72,030	$51,080	90
50	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$71,520	$49,240	390
51	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$71,320	$43,580	n/a
52	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$69,880	$60,660	30
53	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$69,690	$50,750	120
54	Waterbury, Connecticut	$69,320	$19,160	30
55	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$69,190	$47,070	70
56	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$69,150	$44,730	150
57	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$68,550	$55,660	70
58	Memphis, Tennessee	$68,080	$46,350	60
59	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$67,930	$42,630	50
60	Salt Lake City, Utah	$67,890	$38,870	50
61	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$66,640	$43,090	60
62	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$66,060	$44,610	330
63	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$65,360	$48,320	30
64	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$65,240	$44,320	40
65	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$65,180	$47,730	210
66	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$65,020	$39,830	80
67	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,990	$53,890	50
68	Asheville, North Carolina	$64,840	$47,580	30
69	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$64,780	$40,450	190
70	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$64,710	$52,030	140
71	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$64,650	$49,820	50
72	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$64,520	$32,230	30
73	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$63,860	$49,560	1,840
74	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$63,620	$41,920	40
75	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$63,400	$47,620	70
76	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$63,140	$47,640	50
77	Tucson, Arizona	$62,680	$48,540	40
78	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$62,600	$28,950	40
79	Columbia, South Carolina	$62,000	$44,160	40
80	Springfield, Massachusetts	$61,920	$25,550	70
81	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$61,410	$48,510	30
82	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$61,360	$48,010	200
83	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$61,150	$35,480	260
84	Syracuse, New York	$61,000	$36,900	40
85	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$60,500	$37,420	50
86	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$60,500	$49,490	70
87	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$60,360	$44,250	100
88	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$60,030	$37,220	40
89	Fresno, California	$59,960	$37,290	40
90	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$59,560	$45,090	30
91	Jacksonville, Florida	$59,470	$46,460	40
92	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$59,390	$46,800	60
93	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$58,380	$41,740	40
94	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$58,230	$44,840	30
95	Camden, New Jersey	$57,560	$30,530	160
96	Rochester, New York	$57,470	$33,280	40
97	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$57,060	$42,620	30
98	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$57,010	$56,090	270
99	Prescott, Arizona	$56,530	$40,300	30
100	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$56,280	$37,830	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for fire inspectors and investigators.