SOC 33-2022 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists make in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $90,020. The 10th percentile is $73,800 and the 90th percentile is $103,560. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$90,020

10th percentile
$73,800
25th percentile
$79,810
Median
$90,020
75th percentile
$102,130
90th percentile
$103,560
Mean
$89,910

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $73,800 and the 90th percentile is $103,560. The difference is $29,760, which is 33.1% 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 $79,810 to the 75th at $102,130, covers $22,320.

The mean annual wage is $89,910, which sits below the median of $90,020. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT median is 58.3% higher than the national median of $56,870 for Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $89,245, which is 56.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Utah median of $90,020.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 100.868, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $90,020 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists at $89,245 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 Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (40 of 826,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,780 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.71 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists make in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $90,020. The 10th percentile is $73,800 and the 90th percentile is $103,560. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists?

The local median is 58.3% higher than the national median of $56,870.

What is Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 100.868, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $90,020 is $89,245. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.