City of San Jose / Fire / Fire Prevention Inspector
Job-title file
Inspect and investigate for compliance with regulations, document findings, and recommend action.
13 employees hold this title in Fire. Median total compensation for the role is $304,741, above the department median of $270,889.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 13 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, the median wage for Fire Inspectors and Investigators — about 40 people — is $159,220. Fire pays a median base salary of $181,950 for this role, 14% above that figure — about the 73rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Fire Inspectors and Investigators across every employer in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Fire’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. Fire’s median base salary is 140% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Fire is $304,741, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In City of San Jose, the median of $304,741 ranks #1 of 5. See Fire Prevention Inspector across all of City of San Jose →
Median total compensation for comparable Fire Prevention Inspector roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Louis Fong holds the role of Fire Prevention Inspector at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $392,441.
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At Fire, Brandon Mimms serves as a Fire Prevention Inspector. Their 2025 pay totaled $362,194.
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Cesar Tarango holds the role of Fire Prevention Inspector at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $317,668.
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At Fire, Richard Crawford serves as a Fire Prevention Inspector. Their 2025 pay totaled $314,862.
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Lawrence Mitchell holds the role of Fire Prevention Inspector at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $307,549.
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David Yee holds the role of Fire Prevention Inspector at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $305,746.
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Luke Goodrich is a Fire Prevention Inspector at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $304,741.
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At Fire, Francesco Filippone serves as a Fire Prevention Inspector. Their 2025 pay totaled $303,929.
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At Fire, James Cook serves as a Fire Prevention Inspector. Their 2025 pay totaled $301,357.
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Mary Mccarthy is a Fire Prevention Inspector at Fire. 2025 total compensation came to $291,739.
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Michael Oliver works as a Fire Prevention Inspector for Fire. Michael earned $282,758 in 2025.
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Alejandro Heredia holds the role of Fire Prevention Inspector at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $282,296.
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Di-An Duong holds the role of Fire Prevention Inspector at Fire. In 2025, their total compensation was $247,618.