Law & Public
What you can do with Fire Science
Firefighting, fire prevention and investigating how fires start.
- Careers
- 3
- Early career
- $55,000
- Mid-career
- $80,000
- Growing fast
- 0 of 3
How these numbers work: A major does not have its own salary. Early and mid-career pay is what people who hold this degree earn at the start of their careers and midway through them. Career pay comes from the 3 careers a Fire Science degree commonly leads to, and counts everyone in those jobs, including people who have been doing them for thirty years. The two answer different questions, which is why they do not match.
The New York Fed does not report Fire Science on its own. Its early and mid-career figures here are for Public Policy and Law, the broader group it places this major in.
47% of people with this degree go on to a graduate degree, so the higher-paying careers below usually mean more school after the bachelor's.
0 of 3 careers this degree leads to are projected to grow faster than average from 2024 to 2034.
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3 careers this degree leads to
Emergency Management Director
$93,330Plan how cities and organizations survive disasters, then lead the response when they hit.
- Middle half of workers
- $67,910 to $126,490
- Growth
- About average
- Openings a year
- 1,000
Work-life47Remote12- Disaster Planning
- Incident Command
- Coordination
- Public Communication
Fire Inspector / Investigator
$75,920Inspect buildings for fire hazards and code compliance, and investigate how fires and explosions started.
- Middle half of workers
- $58,690 to $95,120
- Growth
- About average
- Openings a year
- 1,500
- Fire Codes
- Investigation
- Report Writing
- Attention to Detail
Firefighter
$59,280Respond when lives and property are at risk: fight fires, run rescues, and handle medical emergencies.
- Middle half of workers
- $44,490 to $77,250
- Growth
- About average
- Openings a year
- 27,100
Work-life56- Fire Suppression
- Emergency Response
- Physical Fitness
- Teamwork
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Where these pay figures come from
Early and mid-career pay is the median annual wage of full-time workers who hold a bachelor's degree in that major, ages 22 to 27 and ages 35 to 45, from 2024 data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (IPUMS). Published as Outcomes by Major by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Career pay is the annual wage of everyone working in that occupation, not only recent graduates, so it includes people who have done the job for decades. The middle half is the 25th to the 75th percentile. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET OnLine (median and percentile annual wages May 2025; employment projections 2024-2034).
All figures are national. What you earn depends on where you work, who you work for, and how far you take the degree.