Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2007

13-1061 Emergency Management Specialists

Coordinate 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, hazardous materials spills) disasters or hostage situations.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
11,610 2.6 % $24.75 $51,470 0.7 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $12.66 $17.21 $23.26 $31.11 $39.63
Annual Wage (2) $26,340 $35,790 $48,380 $64,710 $82,440

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Local Government (OES designation) 6,170 $23.19 $48,230
State Government (OES designation) 1,360 $23.96 $49,840
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 870 $28.07 $58,380
Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services 650 $21.08 $43,850
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution 370 $35.41 $73,650

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution 370 $35.41 $73,650
Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 70 $32.53 $67,670
Waste Treatment and Disposal (8) $31.87 $66,290
Scientific Research and Development Services 110 $31.39 $65,280
Elementary and Secondary Schools 50 $29.91 $62,220

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all States with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
South Dakota 90 $17.46 $36,320 0.023%
North Dakota 80 $19.02 $39,560 0.023%
West Virginia 160 $16.20 $33,690 0.022%
District of Columbia 130 $30.63 $63,710 0.021%
New Jersey 760 $24.50 $50,960 0.019%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
California 610 $34.22 $71,170 0.004%
Massachusetts 160 $31.20 $64,890 0.005%
District of Columbia 130 $30.63 $63,710 0.021%
Connecticut 190 $29.95 $62,290 0.011%
Oregon 100 $29.60 $61,570 0.006%

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all Metropolitan areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Morgantown, WV 50 $15.64 $32,540 0.088%
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 120 $27.18 $56,540 0.045%
Olympia, WA 40 $30.33 $63,080 0.042%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 130 $25.01 $52,010 0.041%
Knoxville, TN 120 $34.29 $71,320 0.036%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 40 $39.64 $82,450 0.004%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 90 $37.42 $77,830 0.002%
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 40 $36.66 $76,260 0.004%
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 50 $35.48 $73,810 0.005%
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division (8) $35.29 $73,400 (8)

About May 2007 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files (XLS).

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. 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 mean 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.

(8) Estimate not released.

Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2007 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2007 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2007 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2007 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

List of Occupations in SOC Code Number Order

List of Occupations in Alphabetical Order

Download May 2007 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates in Zipped Excel files

Technical notes

 

Last Modified Date: April 3, 2008