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First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
2 apprenticeship titles on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 4,000 hours, for FIRE PREVENTION OFFICER (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| FIRE CAPTAIN | 0576 | Competency-Based: 6,000 hours Hybrid: 6,000 to 7,500 hours Time-Based: 6,000 hours |
| FIRE PREVENTION OFFICER | 1089 | Competency-Based: 4,000 hours Hybrid: 4,000 to 5,000 hours Time-Based: 4,000 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers earn, by state
New Jersey has the highest state median for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers ($133,210) and Mississippi the lowest ($48,250), across the 52 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | $133,210 | $64.04 | 2,210 |
| New York | $132,520 | $63.71 | 4,100 |
| Washington | $129,350 | $62.19 | 3,350 |
| California | $127,630 | $61.36 | 8,170 |
| District of Columbia | $126,560 | $60.85 | 380 |
| Illinois | $123,500 | $59.37 | 3,240 |
| Maryland | $120,530 | $57.95 | 2,380 |
| Colorado | $102,580 | $49.32 | 1,900 |
| Pennsylvania | $101,050 | $48.58 | 1,340 |
| Utah | $100,380 | $48.26 | 770 |
| Oregon | $100,260 | $48.20 | 1,160 |
| Florida | $98,560 | $47.38 | 9,540 |
| Connecticut | $98,500 | $47.36 | 1,310 |
| Virginia | $97,780 | $47.01 | 3,300 |
| Massachusetts | $96,600 | $46.44 | 3,370 |
| Arizona | $96,470 | $46.38 | 2,670 |
| Nevada | $93,920 | $45.15 | 1,080 |
| New Hampshire | $93,720 | $45.06 | 450 |
| Alaska | $92,760 | $44.60 | 310 |
| Idaho | $92,630 | $44.53 | 520 |
| Indiana | $88,310 | $42.46 | 1,290 |
| Oklahoma | $85,310 | $41.02 | 2,000 |
| Rhode Island | $85,170 | $40.95 | 770 |
| Ohio | $84,490 | $40.62 | 3,960 |
| Wisconsin | $83,310 | $40.05 | 1,330 |
| Vermont | $83,250 | $40.02 | 90 |
| North Dakota | $82,880 | $39.85 | 130 |
| Montana | $82,820 | $39.82 | 320 |
| Guam | $82,350 | $39.59 | 80 |
| Texas | $81,710 | $39.28 | 8,660 |
| Nebraska | $80,810 | $38.85 | 370 |
| Wyoming | $80,260 | $38.59 | 150 |
| Kansas | $78,880 | $37.92 | 1,450 |
| Minnesota | $78,800 | $37.89 | 1,120 |
| Tennessee | $77,920 | $37.46 | 2,210 |
| Michigan | $77,550 | $37.29 | 1,830 |
| Iowa | $76,010 | $36.54 | 600 |
| Missouri | $75,970 | $36.53 | 1,950 |
| Maine | $74,790 | $35.96 | 410 |
| Delaware | $74,670 | $35.90 | Not published |
| Alabama | $73,320 | $35.25 | 1,440 |
| South Dakota | $72,420 | $34.82 | 120 |
| Georgia | $67,200 | $32.31 | 3,730 |
| South Carolina | $65,160 | $31.33 | 1,450 |
| Arkansas | $61,890 | $29.75 | 920 |
| Kentucky | $60,850 | $29.26 | 1,250 |
| Louisiana | $59,750 | $28.73 | 1,810 |
| North Carolina | $59,560 | $28.64 | 5,050 |
| New Mexico | $58,430 | $28.09 | 820 |
| West Virginia | $55,380 | $26.63 | 180 |
| Puerto Rico | $48,640 | $23.39 | 230 |
| Mississippi | $48,250 | $23.20 | 1,550 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).