Salary Trends

Year after year, the demand for qualified fire protection engineers outpaces the supply.

Great starting salaries that grow with experience make fire protection engineering a career worth considering. The Society of Fire Protection Engineers regularly surveys its members to gather salary information. The latest figures, derived from the 13th Profile of the Fire Protection Engineer Survey conducted in Spring 2005, show that:

• Median income (including bonuses) for all those working in fire protection engineering in 2004 was $92,000.

• Median income for engineers with 1-2 years' experience working in fire protection engineering was $56,000; for those with 24 or more years' experience it was $110,000.

• Approximately 42% of survey respondents earned over $100,000 in 2004, and only about 4% of respondents earned less than $50,000.