Emergency Management Directors

SOC 11-9161 · 2024-2034

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.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California: $132,089per year
Projected openings: 910
Projected change: 0%
Usually needs: Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

Service Orientation
Speaking
Complex Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Coordination

Pay by region

Region	Typical pay in California	Projected openings
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)	$131,248	180
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)	$102,608	230

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains for	Typical pay in California	Projected openings	Projected change
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$89,039	152,190	+6.8%
Facilities Managers	$120,610	19,690	+8%
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$135,222	1,590	+4%
Computer Occupations, All Other	$138,203	59,320	+11.1%
Management Analysts	$103,162	154,880	+11.5%
Managers, All Other	$177,489	175,120	+9.7%

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