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Key facts
+3.7%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +3.7% (BLS). Regulated profession: concours (France).
The job
Fights fires and rescues victims of accidents and medical emergencies.
40 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- airfield firefighter
- auxiliary mine rescue worker
- boatmaster, firefighter
- emergency response team member
- engineer,firefighter
- factory firefighter
- fire appliance pump operator
- fire auxiliary
- fire brigade officer
- fire engine pump operator
- fire fighter
- fire fighter, pump operator
- firefighter
- firefighter, pump operator
- fireman
- fireman, pump operator
- firewoman
- firewoman, pump operator
- harbour firefighter
- industrial fire team member
- industrial firefighter
- industrial fireman
- industrial firewoman
- marine fire technician
- marine firefighter
- mine emergency officer
- mine emergency response co-ordinator
- mine rescue officer
- mine response and rescue officer
- mines rescue officer
- mining rescue officer
- mining safety officer
- operational firefighter
- pump operator
- senior firefighter
- ship's firefighter
- shipboard firefighter
- site emergency response team member
- site firefighter
- vessel firefighter
Training
Regulated profession: concours (France).
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Firefighters)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $59,280
EntryMediumBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.