Emergency management directors

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Total Workforce

10.1k

Average Age

45.9

Average Salary

$80,523

Average Male Salary

$81,797

Average Female Salary

$77,492

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Emergency management directors are most often employed by the Justice, public order, & safety activities industry. The average yearly wage for Emergency management directors was $80,523 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Emergency management directors by wage are Diagnostic medical sonographers, Locomotive engineers & operators, and Training & development managers.

Emergency management directors are part of the Management occupations, along with General & operations managers, Advertising & promotions managers, Marketing managers, Sales managers, Public relations and fundraising managers, and 24 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Emergency management directors are . The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Emergency management directors are .

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Emergency management directors and on wages and locations for those in the field. Justice, public order, & safety activities is the industry that employs the most Emergency management directors, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Emergency management directors, by average wage, is Administration of economic programs & space research. Emergency management directors are paid most in false but are relatively concentrated in false.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$80,523

AVERAGE SALARY

± $13,392

In 2018, Emergency management directors earned an average of $80,523, $26,634 more than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Training & development managers make somewhat more than Emergency management directors while Diagnostic medical sonographers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Emergency management directors as measured by average annual salary in the US.

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Wage Distribution

0.24

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Emergency management directors had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.24, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Emergency management directors (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Wage by Location

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Emergency management directors.

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Spatial Concentration

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Emergency management directors.

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Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Emergency management directors, by number of employees, are Justice, public order, & safety activities , Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Administration of human resource programs.

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Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Emergency management directors, by average wage, are Administration of economic programs & space research, National security & international affairs, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Administration of human resource programs, and National security & international affairs.

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Industries by Share

10.1k

2018 Workforce

± 2,465

-3.35%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 35.5%

The number of people employed as Emergency management directors has been declining at a rate of -3.35%, from 10,429 people in 2017 to 10,080 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Emergency management directors employed by various industries. Justice, public order, & safety activities employs the largest share of Emergency management directors at 22.3%, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 11.3% and Administration of human resource programs with 8.05%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Emergency management directors in the US. The average age of male Emergency management directors in the workforce is 46.8 and of female Emergency management directors is 43.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Emergency management directors is White.

Gender Composition

7.1k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 2,068

2.98k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,341

70.4% of Emergency management directors are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Emergency management directors.

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Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Emergency management directors

White
Black

81.9% of Emergency management directors are White, making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 18.1% of Emergency management directors, Black is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Emergency management directors.

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Age by Gender

46.8

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 4.04

43.7

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 6.48

The median age of Emergency management directors is 45.9, and Male employees are generally 3.03 years older than than their Female counterparts.

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Education

Data on higher education choices for Emergency management directors from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Emergency management directors is Business but a relatively high number of Emergency management directors hold a major in Protective Services.

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Emergency management directors from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Emergency management directors need many skills, but most especially Complex Problem Solving, Service Orientation, and Coordination. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Emergency management directors need more than the average amount of Service Orientation, Operations Analysis, and Management of Material Resources.