SOC 33-2021 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Fire Inspectors and Investigators make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Fire Inspectors and Investigators in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $71,070. The 10th percentile is $39,030 and the 90th percentile is $100,580. Employment is 210.

Median annual wage

$71,070

10th percentile
$39,030
25th percentile
$53,200
Median
$71,070
75th percentile
$84,200
90th percentile
$100,580
Mean
$71,380

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Fire Inspectors and Investigators, the published 10th percentile is $39,030 and the 90th percentile is $100,580. The difference is $61,550, which is 86.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $53,200 to the 75th at $84,200, covers $31,000.

The mean annual wage is $71,380, which sits above the median of $71,070. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 6.4% lower than the national median of $75,920 for Fire Inspectors and Investigators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $71,029, which is 6.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.1% higher than the Georgia median of $64,550.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $71,070 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Fire Inspectors and Investigators at $71,029 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Fire Inspectors and Investigators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Fire Inspectors and Investigators accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (210 of 2,889,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.82 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA · Fire Inspectors and Investigators by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Fire Inspectors and Investigators make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Fire Inspectors and Investigators in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $71,070. The 10th percentile is $39,030 and the 90th percentile is $100,580. Employment is 210.

How does that compare with the national median for Fire Inspectors and Investigators?

The local median is 6.4% lower than the national median of $75,920.

What is Fire Inspectors and Investigators pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $71,070 is $71,029. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.