Compare A Fire Protection Engineer ↔ B Safety Engineer
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No pay difference shown for this route: no single published pay schedule names every stop, and the occupation medians are not like for like on every move.
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Safety Engineer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
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Fire Protection Engineer to Safety Engineer
- O*NET lists Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Side by side
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
No published schedule lists both rungs. Both roles fall under OEWS SOC 17-2111; OEWS does not split pay by level, so an occupation-wide difference would read $0.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year
B +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.0 / 5+0.42.4 / 5
- Hazardous equipment+1.10Hazardous equipment: A 1.77, B 2.87
- Very hot or cold+0.80Very hot or cold: A 2.04, B 2.84
- Outdoors, all weather+0.76Outdoors, all weather: A 2.46, B 3.22
- High places+0.64High places: A 1.96, B 2.6
- Hazardous conditions+0.63Hazardous conditions: A 2.04, B 2.67
Degree
A Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 96%).
B Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.
License
A Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.
B Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 31%).
B Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
To build: 0
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