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Wildland Firefighter Jobs in Los Angeles, California

Federal fire job ads list Los Angeles as a town to work in. The nearest national forest is the Angeles National Forest. Its closest Forest Service building is 11 miles away. Since 2016, 87 job ads named Los Angeles. 28 needed no experience.

4 jobs open in Los Angeles right now (0 need no experience) →

4

jobs open now. 0 need no experience.

26

no-experience job ads in a typical year

1171

fires started within 50 miles since July 2026. 59 stayed under 10 acres.

Wildland firefighter jobs open in Los Angeles right now

4 open job ads name Los Angeles, live from USAJOBS. Jobs that need no experience are first. An ad that says "Multiple Locations" covers Los Angeles and other towns.

Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Unit Fire Chief)

Multiple Locations · Office of the Secretary of the Interior

$112,824–$146,671/yr GW-13 Apply by Oct 22

💰 ~$162K–$272K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)

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Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Fire Program Supervisor)

Location Negotiable After Selection · Office of the Secretary of the Interior

$112,824–$146,671/yr GW-13 Apply by Oct 14

💰 ~$162K–$272K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)

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Wildland Firefighter (Fire Operations Analyst) - Direct Hire Authority

Location Negotiable After Selection · Office of the Secretary of the Interior

$97,564–$126,835/yr GW-12 Apply by Oct 13

💰 ~$141K–$235K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)

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Wildland Fire GIS Specialist

Location Negotiable After Selection · Office of the Secretary of the Interior

$97,564–$126,835/yr GW-12 Apply by Oct 12

💰 ~$141K–$235K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)

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When Los Angeles hires

🌱 No experience needed

  • In a typical year, 26 no-experience job ads name Los Angeles.
  • Most job ads open in July, August, and September.
  • Federal fire jobs post in the fall and winter for the next summer. Apply months before fire season.

No-experience job ads by fire season (the summer you'd work):

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'27 is next summer. Its jobs are still being posted, so that bar is not final.

Who posts jobs here

  • Forest Service (75 job ads)
  • Office of the Secretary of the Interior (11 job ads)
  • National Park Service (1 job ad)

See what wildland firefighters make, with overtime and hazard pay.

Counts come from federal job ads on USAJOBS since 2016. One ad can cover many towns, so this counts ads, not people hired.

Los Angeles on the map

Los Angeles Angeles National Forest Where a fire started

Forest Service buildings in Los Angeles

The Forest Service office list shows no building in Los Angeles. Other agencies post fire jobs too, and some crews work from a base that is not on that list.

Fires within 50 miles of Los Angeles

1171 fires started within 50 miles since July 18, 2026, when our fire records begin. Most were small: 59 of the 1171 stayed under 10 acres. An acre is about the size of a football field. These are the 8 biggest.

The distance is from Los Angeles to the point where each fire was first reported. Fire data comes from the government's national fire list.

Other towns on the Angeles National Forest

The same forest hires in these towns. The number is how many job ads named the town since 2016. See the whole forest.

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