Federal fire job ads list Chicago as a town to work in. Since 2016, 86 job ads named Chicago. 28 needed no experience.
4 jobs open in Chicago right now (0 need no experience) →4
jobs open now. 0 need no experience.
26
no-experience job ads in a typical year
1
fire started within 50 miles since July 2026. 1 stayed under 10 acres.
4 open job ads name Chicago, live from USAJOBS. Jobs that need no experience are first. An ad that says "Multiple Locations" covers Chicago and other towns.
Multiple Locations · Office of the Secretary of the Interior
💰 ~$162K–$272K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)
Location Negotiable After Selection · Office of the Secretary of the Interior
💰 ~$162K–$272K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)
Location Negotiable After Selection · Office of the Secretary of the Interior
💰 ~$141K–$235K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)
Location Negotiable After Selection · Office of the Secretary of the Interior
💰 ~$141K–$235K a season with overtime & hazard pay (est.)
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No-experience job ads by fire season (the summer you'd work):
'27 is next summer. Its jobs are still being posted, so that bar is not final.
Who posts jobs here
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.
The Forest Service office list shows no building in Chicago. Other agencies post fire jobs too, and some crews work from a base that is not on that list.
1 fire started within 50 miles since July 18, 2026, when our fire records begin. Most were small: 1 of the 1 stayed under 10 acres. An acre is about the size of a football field.
The distance is from Chicago to the point where each fire was first reported. Fire data comes from the government's national fire list.
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