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Firefighters
Protective Service · SOC 33-2011
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$59,280
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
25,000
Proj. Annual Openings
345,990
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+1.1%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 33-2011 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
- SOC exposure
- 0.0%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 48/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $59,280
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 25,000
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +3.4%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 24,367 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Critical ThinkingCoordinationService OrientationJudgment and Decision MakingActive Listening
Transition context
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
AI Exposure Analysis
AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure2.6%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
15.4%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI14%
AI ability · AIOE32.2%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne17%
Top Skills
1.Critical Thinking
2.Coordination
3.Service Orientation
4.Judgment and Decision Making
5.Active Listening
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Control and extinguish fires or respond to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk. Duties may include fire prevention, emergency medical service, hazardous material response, search and rescue, and disaster assistance.
Common titles: Fire Engineer, Fire Equipment Operator, Fire Fighter, Fire Management Specialist, Fire Technician (Fire Tech), Firefighter
Representative Tasks
- •Rescue survivors from burning buildings, accident sites, and water hazards.
- •Dress with equipment such as fire-resistant clothing and breathing apparatus.
- •Assess fires and situations and report conditions to superiors to receive instructions, using two-way radios.
- •Move toward the source of a fire, using knowledge of types of fires, construction design, building materials, and physical layout of properties.
- •Respond to fire alarms and other calls for assistance, such as automobile and industrial accidents.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Rescue people from hazardous situations.
- •Select tools, equipment, or technologies for use in operations or projects.
- •Locate fires or fire danger areas.
- •Assess characteristics of fires.
- •Relay information about incidents or emergencies to personnel using phones or two-way radios.
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Access · hotMicrosoft Excel · hotMicrosoft Office software · hotMicrosoft Outlook · hotMicrosoft PowerPoint · hotAffiliated Computer Services ACS FIREHOUSECorel WordPerfect Office SuiteEmail softwareFire incident reporting systems
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
15
Occupations Shown
1.7%
Avg AI Exposure
3
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Multi-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 33-2011: 2019 — employment: 324,620, median wage: $50,850; 2020 — employment: 311,350, median wage: $52,500; 2021 — employment: 317,310, median wage: $50,700; 2022 — employment: 321,450, median wage: $51,680; 2023 — employment: 315,460, median wage: $57,120; 2025 — employment: 345,990, median wage: $59,280.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.0% | 2.6% |
| Outlook | Average | 19% Bright |
| Median Salary | $59,280 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |