Jobs / Protective service / 33-3031.00
Fish and Game Wardens
Patrol assigned area to prevent fish and game law violations. Investigate reports of damage to crops or property by wildlife. Compile biological data.
- US jobs
- 5,770
- Median wage
- $74,060 a year
- Job family
- Protective service
Can agents do the work of fish and game wardens?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Protective service: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 14%Develop systems or practices to mitigate or resolve environmental problemsNot measured
- 11%Explain regulations, policies, or proceduresNot measured
- 7%Maintain safety or securityNot measured
- 7%Issue documentationNot measured
- 6%Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or propertiesNot measured
- 6%Intervene in crisis situations or emergenciesNot measured
- 6%Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizationsNot measured
- 6%Record information about legal mattersNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Participate in search-and-rescue operations.
- Compile and present evidence for court actions.
- Protect and preserve native wildlife, plants, or ecosystems.
- Patrol assigned areas by car, boat, airplane, horse, or on foot to enforce game, fish, or boating laws or to manage wildlife programs, lakes, or land.
- Investigate hunting accidents or reports of fish or game law violations.
- Provide assistance to other local law enforcement agencies as required.
- Issue warnings or citations and file reports as necessary.
- Provide advice or information to park or reserve visitors.
- Serve warrants and make arrests.
- Arrange for disposition of fish or game illegally taken or possessed.
- Promote or provide hunter or trapper safety training.
- Seize equipment used in fish and game law violations.
Other job titles for this occupation (29)
Conservation Enforcement Officer · Conservation Officer · Conservation Warden · Fish and Game Constable · Game Warden · Refuge Officer · State Game Warden · State Wildlife Officer · Wildlife Conservation Officer · Wildlife Officer · Environmental Conservation Officer · Fish and Wildlife Warden · Fish Warden · Fishing Game Warden · Game Agent · Game and Fish Protector · Game Protector · Mammal Control Agent · Natural Resource Officer · Park Warden · Resource Officer · State Game Protector · Warden · Wildlife and Game Protector · Wildlife Control Agent · Wildlife Control Partner · Wildlife Enforcement Major · Wildlife Protector · Woods Warden