AI Career Radar

Fire Inspectors and Investigators

Inspect buildings to detect fire hazards and enforce local ordinances and state laws, or investigate and gather facts to determine cause of fires and explosions.

AI exposure28 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation25
Freedom to set tasks92
Repeating the same tasks52
$75,920Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+4.2%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (about average)BLS Employment Projections
58Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
66
Speaking
63
63
Critical Thinking
63
63
Monitoring
63
56
Judgment and Decision Making
63
53
Active Learning
62
53
Complex Problem Solving
62
53
Coordination
62
50
Reading Comprehension
61
60
Time Management
61
50
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
63
Social Perceptiveness
60
60
Instructing
58
56
Learning Strategies
58
50
Systems Analysis
57
44
Service Orientation
56
56
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Persuasion
54
56
Mathematics
53
38
Negotiation
52
47
Science
52
22
Management of Personnel Resources
50
41
Operations Analysis
49
22
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
44
Troubleshooting
47
35
Management of Financial Resources
47
28
Management of Material Resources
47
28
Technology Design
47
22
Equipment Selection
47
3
Equipment Maintenance
47
3
Operations Monitoring
46
41
Repairing
46
6
Programming
45
16
Operation and Control
43
28

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
13%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Complex Problem Solving, Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$116,580
10-yr growth
+5.1%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension, Systems Analysis, Active Learning

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
27%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Management of Personnel Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$116,580
10-yr growth
+5.1%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Fire Inspectors and Investigators could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.