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Emergency Management Directors in Arkansas

Want to work as an Emergency Management Directors in Arkansas? Here’s what you need to know. 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.

What do Emergency Management Directors Make in Arkansas?

The emergency management directors working in Arkansas, wages run about $49,000 per year (or about $23.56/hour).Annual wages span from $33,910 at the 10th percentile to $80,450 at the 90th percentile.

Wage Statistic	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile	$33,910	$16.31
25th percentile	$38,620	$18.57
Median (50th)	$49,000	$23.56
75th percentile	$68,190	$32.78
90th percentile	$80,450	$38.68

Location quotient — how concentrated this career is in Arkansas compared to the national average — is 1.39, indicating that emergency management directors are more concentrated here than the national average.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, emergency management directors earn a median of $72,305 per year ($34.76/hour), below the Arkansas median.

Employment Outlook

Nationally, total employment in this occupation is 347,365 emergency management directors nationwide. In Arkansas alone, approximately 150 people work in this role. That’s below the typical state, which employs around 180 emergency management directors.

Top Arkansas Metros for Emergency Management Directors

The largest metro-area employers of emergency management directors in Arkansas.

Metro Area	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	40	$57,340

Top States for Emergency Management Directors Employment

These states have the highest employment of emergency management directors work.

State	Number Employed
California	1,080
Texas	1,070
New York	750
Florida	620
Georgia	480
Illinois	460
North Carolina	460
Pennsylvania	450
Tennessee	410
Virginia	410
Indiana	400
New Jersey	400
South Carolina	300
Oklahoma	280
Ohio	260
Wisconsin	250
Mississippi	240
Michigan	230
Alabama	230
Washington	200

Highest-Paying States for Emergency Management Directors

Where emergency management directors earn the most: emergency management directors.

State	Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia	$185,810
Washington	$129,110
California	$126,210
Massachusetts	$115,200
New Mexico	$111,980
Colorado	$109,710
New Jersey	$108,780
Oregon	$106,870
Maryland	$104,270
Connecticut	$103,390

Skills

Key emergency management directors 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 emergency management directors, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Emergency Management Directors typically:

• Consult with officials of local and area governments, schools, hospitals, and other institutions to determine their needs and capabilities in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency.
• Develop and maintain liaisons with municipalities, county departments, and similar entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination, and exchanges of personnel and equipment.
• Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs.
• Prepare emergency situation status reports that describe response and recovery efforts, needs, and preliminary damage assessments.
• Maintain and update all resource materials associated with emergency preparedness plans.
• 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.
• Develop and perform tests and evaluations of emergency management plans in accordance with state and federal regulations.
• Collaborate with other officials to prepare and analyze damage assessments following disasters or emergencies.
• Design and administer emergency or disaster preparedness training courses that teach people how to effectively respond to major emergencies and disasters.
• Keep informed of activities or changes that could affect the likelihood of an emergency, response efforts, or plan implementation.
• Inspect facilities and equipment, such as emergency management centers and communications equipment, to determine their operational and functional capabilities in emergency situations.
• Review emergency plans of individual organizations, such as medical facilities, to ensure their adequacy.

Work Activities

• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Getting Information
• Developing and Building Teams
• Working with Computers
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Communicating with People Outside the Organization
• Training and Teaching Others
• Documenting/Recording Information
• Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
• Developing Objectives and Strategies

Tools & Technology

Technologies frequently used: Hot technologies: ESRI ArcGIS software In-demand technologies: Microsoft Excel

Related Careers

Other careers like emergency management directors include:

• Security Managers
• Medical and Health Services Managers
• Compliance Managers
• Loss Prevention Managers
• Management Analysts
• Business Continuity Planners

Also Known As

911 Communications Manager, Change Management Specialist, Civil Defense Director, Civil Preparedness Officer, Disaster Response Director, Emergency Management Coordinator, Emergency Management Director, Emergency Management Planner, Emergency Management Program Manager, Emergency Management System Director (EMS Director), Emergency Manager, Emergency Planner, Emergency Planning and Response Manager, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Emergency Preparedness Manager.

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: 11-9161.00