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Career Information for Fire Fighters in Texas

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Fast Facts for Fire Fighters in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Wichita Falls, Sherman, and Texarkana
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: McAllen, Houston, and Fort Worth
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio

Salaries for Fire Fighters in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Dallas, San Antonio, and Wichita Falls. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Fire Fighters in Texas are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Fire Fighters in Texas

Kaplan University Online
Online

Kaplan University offers dozens of online degree programs, designed for learners who require maximum schedule flexibility. Some degrees cab be earned in as few as 12 months.

  • Programs: Advanced Start BS In Fire Science, Fire Science, Fire Science
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor

Concord Law School
Online

Offers legal career training and degree programs. Offered online

  • Programs: Advanced: Fire Science, Fire Science
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor, Bachelor

Texas Fire Fighting Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Amarillo CollegeAmarilloAssociate10,387
Angelina CollegeLufkinAssociate4,677
Austin Community College DistrictAustinAssociate33,508
Blinn CollegeBrenhamAssociate14,589
Central Texas CollegeKilleenAssociate21,532
Cisco CollegeCiscoAssociate3,365
Colin CollegePlanoAssociate20,143
College of the MainlandTexas CityAssociate3,521
Del Mar CollegeCorpus ChristiAssociate11,167
El Paso Community CollegeEl PasoAssociate25,023
Hill CollegeHillsboroAssociate3,556
Houston Community CollegeHoustonAssociate43,518
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreAssociate5,150
Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumontAssociate2,590
Laredo Community CollegeLaredoAssociate7,831
Lone Star College SystemThe WoodlandsAssociate39,756
McLennan Community CollegeWacoAssociate8,079
Midland CollegeMidlandBachelor5,739
Navarro CollegeCorsicanaAssociate7,560
Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount PleasantAssociate1,010
Odessa CollegeOdessaAssociate4,580
San Antonio CollegeSan AntonioAssociate19,819
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaAssociate23,805
South Plains CollegeLevellandAssociate6,602
Tarrant County CollegeFort WorthAssociate37,948
Temple CollegeTempleAssociate4,787
Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthensAssociate5,046
Tyler Junior CollegeTylerAssociate8,217
Vernon CollegeVernonAssociate2,808
Victoria CollegeVictoriaAssociate4,002
Weatherford CollegeWeatherfordAssociate4,544
Wharton County Junior CollegeWhartonAssociate5,892

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Fire Fighters

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Fire Fighters

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Fire Fighters relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

TEXAS

   
Wichita Falls290$46,3903
Sherman170$36,4902.7
Texarkana200$41,6402.2
Killeen420$38,4902
Longview280$40,5101.7
College Station220$45,2901.7
Brownsville360$36,9701.6
San Antonio2,400$47,0001.5
Beaumont370 1.3
Dallas5,180$54,2201.3
Fort Worth1,950$44,7401.2
Houston5,770$44,6001.2
McAllen320$33,7000.8
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