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Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists Salary in NJ

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists in NJ have a median annual salary of $57,380, with 140 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $43,910 at the 10th percentile to $87,560 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$57,380

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$27.59

Employment

140

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$43,910
10th
$48,530
25th
$57,380
Median
$80,330
75th
$87,560
90th

Local compared with national

NJ

$57,380

Median annual · 2025

United States

$56,870

Median annual · 2025

The NJ median is 0.9% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $510).

Top skills

  1. 1.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.0
  2. 2.SpeakingImportance 3.8
  3. 3.CoordinationImportance 3.8
  4. 4.Active ListeningImportance 3.6
  5. 5.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.6
  6. 6.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.5
  7. 7.MonitoringImportance 3.4
  8. 8.InstructingImportance 3.3
  9. 9.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.1
  10. 10.WritingImportance 3.1
  11. 11.Learning StrategiesImportance 3.1
  12. 12.Time ManagementImportance 3.1

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation
  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • Ansible software
  • Docker
  • Facebook
  • Fire incident reporting systems
  • Git
  • Kubernetes
  • Linux
  • Mapping software
  • Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
  • Microsoft Azure software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook

Common tasks

  • Relay messages about emergencies, accidents, locations of crew and personnel, and fire hazard conditions.
  • Conduct wildland firefighting training.
  • Estimate sizes and characteristics of fires, and report findings to base camps by radio or telephone.
  • Direct crews working on firelines during forest fires.
  • Locate forest fires on area maps, using azimuth sighters and known landmarks.
  • Extinguish smaller fires with portable extinguishers, shovels, and axes.
  • Patrol assigned areas, looking for forest fires, hazardous conditions, and weather phenomena.
  • Compile and report meteorological data, such as temperature, relative humidity, wind direction and velocity, and types of cloud formations.
  • Examine and inventory firefighting equipment, such as axes, fire hoses, shovels, pumps, buckets, and fire extinguishers, to determine amount and condition.
  • Educate the public about fire safety and prevention.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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