Protective Service
Fire Supervisors
SOC 33-1021
Lead firefighting crews on scene and manage a station.
The job
Median pay
$94k
$72k to $120k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.7% projected
Openings a year
7k
BLS projection
Typical education
Postsecondary cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
14/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
19th pct
More exposed than 19% of occupations · modeled estimate · 2nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
60/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Writing
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 9,540 | 1.0 | 1.5× | $99k |
| Texas | 8,660 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $82k |
| California | 8,170 | 0.4 | 0.7× | $128k |
| North Carolina | 5,050 | 1.0 | 1.6× | $60k |
| New York | 4,100 | 0.4 | 0.7× | $133k |
| Ohio | 3,960 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $84k |
| Georgia | 3,730 | 0.8 | 1.2× | $67k |
| Massachusetts | 3,370 | 0.9 | 1.4× | $97k |
| Washington | 3,350 | 0.9 | 1.5× | $129k |
| Virginia | 3,300 | 0.8 | 1.3× | $98k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 3,240 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $124k |
| Arizona | 2,670 | 0.8 | 1.3× | $96k |
| Maryland | 2,380 | 0.9 | 1.4× | $121k |
| New Jersey | 2,210 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $133k |
| Tennessee | 2,210 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $78k |
| Oklahoma | 2,000 | 1.2 | 1.8× | $85k |
| Missouri | 1,950 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $76k |
| Colorado | 1,900 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $103k |
| Michigan | 1,830 | 0.4 | 0.7× | $78k |
| Louisiana | 1,810 | 0.9 | 1.5× | $60k |
| Mississippi | 1,550 | 1.3 | 2.1× | $48k |
| Kansas | 1,450 | 1.0 | 1.6× | $79k |
| South Carolina | 1,450 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $65k |
| Alabama | 1,440 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $73k |
| Pennsylvania | 1,340 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $101k |
| Wisconsin | 1,330 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $83k |
| Connecticut | 1,310 | 0.8 | 1.2× | $99k |
| Indiana | 1,290 | 0.4 | 0.6× | $88k |
| Kentucky | 1,250 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $61k |
| Oregon | 1,160 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $100k |
| Minnesota | 1,120 | 0.4 | 0.6× | $79k |
| Nevada | 1,080 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $94k |
| Arkansas | 920 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $62k |
| New Mexico | 820 | 0.9 | 1.5× | $58k |
| Rhode Island | 770 | 1.5 | 2.4× | $85k |
| Utah | 770 | 0.4 | 0.7× | $100k |
| Iowa | 600 | 0.4 | 0.6× | $76k |
| Hawaii | 549 | 0.9 | 1.4× | $104k~ |
| Idaho | 520 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $93k |
| New Hampshire | 450 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $94k |
| Maine | 410 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $75k |
| Washington DC | 380 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $127k |
| Nebraska | 370 | 0.4 | 0.6× | $81k |
| Montana | 320 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $83k |
| Alaska | 310 | 1.0 | 1.5× | $93k |
| Delaware | 274 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $75k~ |
| West Virginia | 180 | 0.3 | 0.4× | $55k |
| Wyoming | 150 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $80k |
| North Dakota | 130 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $83k |
| South Dakota | 120 | 0.3 | 0.4× | $72k |
| Vermont | 90 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $83k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4,610 jobs · $133k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL3,740 jobs · $120k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,600 jobs · $126k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,530 jobs · $94k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,460 jobs · $97k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,420 jobs · $119k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,410 jobs · $169k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,980 jobs · $76k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Fire Supervisors interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.