Emergency Management Directors
Government & Public Administration · Public Management and Administration
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $60,320; experienced workers reach $157,740. About 100 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +22.6%
- Openings a year
- 9
- Employed in 2024
- 84
Typical entry education: Bachelor's degree · Experience: 5 years or more
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
1 program, with the college that teaches each.
Skills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Service Orientation5.3
- Complex Problem Solving5.4
- Speaking4.3
- Coordination5.0
- Monitoring4.6
- Critical Thinking4.4
- Writing4.3
- Judgment and Decision Making4.3
What the work is
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.
- Keep informed of activities or changes that could affect the likelihood of an emergency, response efforts, or plan implementation.
- Prepare plans that outline operating procedures to be used in response to disasters or emergencies, such as hurricanes, nuclear accidents, and terrorist attacks, and in recovery from these events.
- Propose alteration of emergency response procedures, based on regulatory changes, technological changes, or knowledge gained from outcomes of previous emergency situations.
- Maintain and update all resource materials associated with emergency preparedness plans.
- Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs.
- Develop and maintain liaisons with municipalities, county departments, and similar entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination, and exchanges of personnel and equipment.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less5%
- Some college9%
- Associate degree5%
- Bachelor's degree68%
- Master's degree14%
Job zone 4, considerable preparation: Usually a bachelor's degree, sometimes a strong associate plus experience.
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