Management
Emergency Management Directors
SOC 11-9161
Plan and coordinate the response to disasters and major emergencies.
The job
Median pay
$93k
$68k to $126k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.9% projected
Openings a year
1k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
36th pct
More exposed than 36% of occupations · modeled estimate · 68th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
54/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,210 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $94k |
| California | 1,170 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $130k |
| New York | 790 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $93k |
| Florida | 720 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $99k |
| Pennsylvania | 520 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $82k |
| New Jersey | 490 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $121k |
| Illinois | 450 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $84k |
| Virginia | 450 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $100k |
| Georgia | 430 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $83k |
| North Carolina | 420 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $94k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 370 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $82k |
| South Carolina | 330 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $94k |
| Missouri | 310 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $76k |
| Oklahoma | 310 | 0.2 | 2.1× | $61k |
| Ohio | 250 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $95k |
| Wisconsin | 240 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $77k |
| Mississippi | 230 | 0.2 | 2.3× | $49k |
| Massachusetts | 220 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $123k |
| Michigan | 220 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $88k |
| Indiana | 207 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $80k~ |
| Colorado | 191 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $130k~ |
| Minnesota | 190 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $107k |
| Connecticut | 180 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $113k |
| Louisiana | 180 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $97k |
| Washington | 180 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $131k |
| New Mexico | 170 | 0.2 | 2.3× | $146k |
| Utah | 170 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $85k |
| Arizona | 160 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $82k |
| Arkansas | 160 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $50k |
| Washington DC | 150 | 0.2 | 2.5× | $184k |
| Kentucky | 150 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $75k |
| Maryland | 150 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $107k |
| Kansas | 140 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $68k |
| Alabama | 137 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $77k~ |
| Iowa | 130 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $74k |
| Alaska | 120 | 0.4 | 4.3× | $102k |
| Nebraska | 120 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $90k |
| Oregon | 120 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $111k |
| South Dakota | 120 | 0.3 | 3.0× | $67k |
| West Virginia | 120 | 0.2 | 2.0× | $60k |
| Hawaii | 90 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $74k |
| Montana | 90 | 0.2 | 2.0× | $63k |
| Idaho | 80 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $100k |
| Maine | 80 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $84k |
| North Dakota | 80 | 0.2 | 2.1× | $77k |
| Nevada | 60 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $106k |
| New Hampshire | 50 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $77k |
| Wyoming | 50 | 0.2 | 2.0× | $64k |
| Delaware | 30 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $109k~ |
| Rhode Island | 30 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $88k |
| Vermont | 30 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $79k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ630 jobs · $101k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV310 jobs · $163k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX300 jobs · $97k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA300 jobs · $130k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX280 jobs · $109k median
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA270 jobs · $107k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN240 jobs · $101k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL200 jobs · $130k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Emergency Management Directors interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.