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Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 13.1% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #474 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +13.1% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $56,870 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 3,000 in the US, with about 400 openings a year
The work, 15 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Notify others of emergencies or problems13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct security or safety activities or operations13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor environmental conditions11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Train others on operational or work procedures6%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
Still yours: Protect people or property from threats such as fires or flooding5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect facilities or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Record information about environmental conditions5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Provide information or assistance to the public5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 7 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
AI does this: Teach safety procedures or standards to others5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,672 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Maintain safety or security3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,066 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on workplace health or safety issues3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,805 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 113 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 400 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 48% of the workFirst-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers3% AI does, against 12% here+3.7% by 2035 · $93,530 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 34% of the workFirefighters6% AI does, against 12% here+3.7% by 2035 · $59,280 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 33% of the workFirst-Line Supervisors of Security Workers6% AI does, against 12% here+3.7% by 2035 · $55,940 · High school diploma
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the War front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.05, higher than 11% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 33-2022 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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