Compared with the local labor market
Fire Inspector pay vs. the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area
Across all employers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for Fire Inspectors and Investigators — about 260 people — is $76,740. Cfd Prevention pays a median base salary of $76,627 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 50th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Cfd Prevention sits in the local pay range
$41,600
$43,600
$76,740
$79,750
$96,110
Cfd Prevention median · $76,627
The bar is the range of annual wages for Fire Inspectors and Investigators across every employer in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cfd Prevention’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Fire Inspectors and Investigators — about 13,800 people — is $75,920. Cfd Prevention’s median base salary is in line withthat national figure, about the 51st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$46,530
$58,690
$75,920
$95,120
$118,750
Cfd Prevention median · $76,627
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 16 of 17 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Cfd Prevention is $76,627, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across City of Charlotte
Fire Inspector is held in 2 City of Charlotte departments. In Cfd Prevention, the median of $76,627 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Fire Inspector role in other City of Charlottedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.