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First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers pay in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers is $632,190 per year in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. It is $83,780 per year in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 654.6% above Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-1021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 340 wage and salary jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and 90 in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.