Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020
11-9161 Emergency Management Directors
Plan and direct disaster response or crisis management activities, provide disaster preparedness training, and prepare emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.g., hurricanes, floods, earthquakes), wartime, or technological (e.g., nuclear power plant emergencies or hazardous materials spills) disasters or hostage situations.
National estimates for Emergency Management Directors
Industry profile for Emergency Management Directors
Geographic profile for Emergency Management Directors
National estimates for Emergency Management Directors:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Emergency Management Directors:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 10,210 |
1.5 % |
$ 40.53 |
$ 84,310 |
0.9 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Emergency Management Directors:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 20.30 |
$ 26.76 |
$ 36.66 |
$ 50.42 |
$ 68.69 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 42,230 |
$ 55,660 |
$ 76,250 |
$ 104,880 |
$ 142,870 |
Industry profile for Emergency Management Directors:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Emergency Management Directors are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Emergency Management Directors, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Emergency Management Directors:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
5,410 |
0.10 |
$ 36.61 |
$ 76,150 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
1,570 |
0.07 |
$ 34.97 |
$ 72,740 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
840 |
0.01 |
$ 46.04 |
$ 95,760 |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
320 |
0.01 |
$ 46.80 |
$ 97,350 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises |
230 |
0.01 |
$ 58.25 |
$ 121,170 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Emergency Management Directors:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
5,410 |
0.10 |
$ 36.61 |
$ 76,150 |
| Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services |
170 |
0.09 |
$ 33.22 |
$ 69,090 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
1,570 |
0.07 |
$ 34.97 |
$ 72,740 |
| Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution |
190 |
0.05 |
$ 56.69 |
$ 117,910 |
| Natural Gas Distribution |
40 |
0.04 |
$ 61.10 |
$ 127,090 |
Top paying industries for Emergency Management Directors:
Geographic profile for Emergency Management Directors:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Emergency Management Directors are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Emergency Management Directors, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Emergency Management Directors:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
770 |
0.05 |
0.64 |
$ 55.75 |
$ 115,960 |
| Texas |
700 |
0.06 |
0.78 |
$ 44.67 |
$ 92,920 |
| Illinois |
660 |
0.12 |
1.59 |
$ 40.67 |
$ 84,590 |
| New York |
560 |
0.06 |
0.88 |
$ 47.24 |
$ 98,270 |
| Florida |
530 |
0.06 |
0.85 |
$ 39.82 |
$ 82,820 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Emergency Management Directors:
Top paying states for Emergency Management Directors:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Emergency Management Directors:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
530 |
0.06 |
0.82 |
$ 52.90 |
$ 110,030 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
470 |
0.11 |
1.46 |
$ 41.08 |
$ 85,450 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
350 |
0.11 |
1.56 |
$ 58.95 |
$ 122,610 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
200 |
0.06 |
0.78 |
$ 48.84 |
$ 101,590 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
200 |
0.03 |
0.47 |
$ 56.70 |
$ 117,930 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
180 |
0.06 |
0.82 |
$ 51.82 |
$ 107,780 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
170 |
0.06 |
0.87 |
$ 43.90 |
$ 91,300 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
160 |
0.06 |
0.81 |
$ 40.22 |
$ 83,660 |
| Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
150 |
0.16 |
2.13 |
$ 46.34 |
$ 96,390 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
150 |
0.06 |
0.86 |
$ 66.63 |
$ 138,590 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Emergency Management Directors:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Montgomery, AL |
90 |
0.57 |
7.73 |
$ 42.10 |
$ 87,560 |
| Santa Fe, NM |
30 |
0.53 |
7.19 |
$ 30.17 |
$ 62,760 |
| Bloomington, IL |
30 |
0.42 |
5.71 |
$ 46.99 |
$ 97,740 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
110 |
0.34 |
4.69 |
$ 34.22 |
$ 71,190 |
| Columbia, SC |
110 |
0.30 |
4.05 |
$ 31.39 |
$ 65,300 |
| Jackson, MS |
50 |
0.22 |
2.97 |
$ 20.93 |
$ 43,530 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
60 |
0.18 |
2.52 |
$ 25.82 |
$ 53,710 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
70 |
0.16 |
2.24 |
$ 37.51 |
$ 78,020 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
90 |
0.16 |
2.23 |
$ 47.86 |
$ 99,550 |
| Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
150 |
0.16 |
2.13 |
$ 46.34 |
$ 96,390 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Emergency Management Directors:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
30 |
0.03 |
0.42 |
$ 68.18 |
$ 141,820 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
150 |
0.06 |
0.86 |
$ 66.63 |
$ 138,590 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
350 |
0.11 |
1.56 |
$ 58.95 |
$ 122,610 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
200 |
0.03 |
0.47 |
$ 56.70 |
$ 117,930 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
90 |
0.05 |
0.64 |
$ 54.92 |
$ 114,230 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
530 |
0.06 |
0.82 |
$ 52.90 |
$ 110,030 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
50 |
0.04 |
0.51 |
$ 52.07 |
$ 108,310 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
180 |
0.06 |
0.82 |
$ 51.82 |
$ 107,780 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
60 |
0.04 |
0.56 |
$ 50.70 |
$ 105,460 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
100 |
0.04 |
0.51 |
$ 49.82 |
$ 103,620 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Emergency Management Directors:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Emergency Management Directors:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Emergency Management Directors:
About May 2020 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(7) The value is less than .005 percent of industry employment.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2021
United States Department of Labor
