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Business Continuity Planners in Guam

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What do Business Continuity Planners Make in Guam?

The business continuity planners working in Guam, wages run about $82,220 per year (or roughly $39.53/hour).Pay can range from $43,720 at the 10th percentile to $113,730 at the 90th percentile.

Wage Statistic	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile	$43,720	$21.02
25th percentile	$63,960	$30.75
Median (50th)	$82,220	$39.53
75th percentile	$101,440	$48.77
90th percentile	$113,730	$54.68

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, business continuity planners earn a median of $53,239 per year ($25.60/hour), above the Guam median.

Employment Outlook

There are roughly 603,306 business continuity planners nationwide.

Top States for Business Continuity Planners Employment

These states have the highest employment of business continuity planners work.

State	Number Employed
California	168,180
Texas	92,850
Georgia	78,990
Florida	68,130
Washington	48,470
Colorado	46,350
Virginia	45,720
Illinois	41,810
North Carolina	40,580
Maryland	38,450
District of Columbia	38,240
New Jersey	35,820
Ohio	31,820
New York	31,170
Pennsylvania	29,690
Michigan	23,490
Massachusetts	19,850
Louisiana	17,410
Missouri	17,320
Oregon	17,260

Highest-Paying States for Business Continuity Planners

The highest-paying states for business continuity planners.

State	Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia	$106,810
Maryland	$100,740
Alabama	$98,070
Washington	$93,450
Hawaii	$90,580
Alaska	$90,150
Colorado	$89,860
Oklahoma	$89,170
New Hampshire	$88,860
New Jersey	$88,070

Skills

Key business continuity planners skills, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Knowledge Areas

Key knowledge areas for this occupation, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Abilities

Key abilities for business continuity planners, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Common tasks include:

• Develop emergency management plans for recovery decision making and communications, continuity of critical departmental processes, or temporary shut-down of non-critical departments to ensure continuity of operation and governance.
• Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans.
• Develop disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets, such as data centers.
• Establish, maintain, or test call trees to ensure appropriate communication during disaster.
• Identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives.
• Maintain and update organization information technology applications and network systems blueprints.
• Review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans.
• Analyze impact on, and risk to, essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements.
• Write reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Create or administer training and awareness presentations or materials.
• Design or implement products and services to mitigate risk or facilitate use of technology-based tools and methods.
• Recommend or implement methods to monitor, evaluate, or enable resolution of safety, operations, or compliance interruptions.

Work Activities

• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Getting Information
• Working with Computers
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Documenting/Recording Information
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Analyzing Data or Information
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• Developing Objectives and Strategies
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others

Tools & Technology

Technologies frequently used: Hot technologies: Adobe Acrobat, Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian JIRA In-demand technologies: Atlassian JIRA

What Major Will Prepare You For This Career?

Several college majors map to this occupation:

• Business Administration & Management
• International Business
• Hospitality Management
• Business Support & Assistance

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Related Careers

Related occupations to business continuity planners include:

• Security Managers
• Computer and Information Systems Managers
• Emergency Management Directors
• Compliance Managers
• Logisticians
• Logistics Analysts

Also Known As

Business Change Advisor, Business Consultant, Business Continuity Administrator (Business Continuity Admin), Business Continuity Analyst, Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Specialist, Business Continuity Consultant, Business Continuity Coordinator, Business Continuity Planner, Business Continuity Professional, Business Continuity Specialist, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Consultant, Business Initiatives Consultant, Business Professional, Business System Consultant, Change Management Analyst.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• O*NET Online — https://www.onetonline.org/
• BLS Employment Projections — https://www.bls.gov/emp/
• O*NET-SOC code: 13-1199.04