Career roadmap
How to become Fish and Game Wardens
Median annual wage for Fish and Game Wardens (33-3031) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of Fish and Game Wardens, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Patrol natural areas to ensure safety or enforce regulations.
- Testify at legal or legislative proceedings.
- Investigate illegal or suspicious activities.
- Prepare investigation or incident reports.
- Issue warnings or citations.
- Apprehend criminal suspects.
- Serve court ordered documents.
- Collaborate with law enforcement or security agencies to respond to incidents.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Active Listening3.9/5
- Critical Thinking3.9/5
- Speaking3.8/5
- Reading Comprehension3.6/5
- Judgment and Decision Making3.5/5
- Monitoring3.4/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.4/5
- Persuasion3.4/5
- Complex Problem Solving3.4/5
- Coordination3.3/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Fish and Game Wardens — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Realistic6.4/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Conventional4.4/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Investigative3.9/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Enterprising3.0/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Social2.3/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Artistic1.0/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
