Below are the skills needed to be emergency management directors according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Skill Name | Importance | Competence |
Complex Problem Solving | 4.25 | 5.25 |
Judgment and Decision Making | 4.12 | 4.25 |
Service Orientation | 4.12 | 5 |
Speaking | 4.12 | 4.25 |
Active Listening | 4 | 4 |
Below are the abilities needed to be emergency management directors according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Ability Name | Importance | Competence |
Oral Comprehension | 4.12 | 4.5 |
Oral Expression | 4.12 | 4.38 |
Deductive Reasoning | 4 | 4.38 |
Inductive Reasoning | 4 | 4.25 |
Problem Sensitivity | 4 | 4.5 |
Below are the knowledge areas needed to be emergency management directors according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 7 being highest).
Knowledge Area | Importance | Competence |
Public Safety and Security | 4.42 | 5.28 |
Administration and Management | 4.38 | 5.12 |
Law and Government | 4.04 | 4.12 |
English Language | 3.96 | 4.24 |
Communications and Media | 3.84 | 3.72 |
Below are the work activities involved in being emergency management directors according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest) and competency level on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest).
Work Activity | Importance | Competence |
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | 4.8 | 6.12 |
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | 4.68 | 5.84 |
Making Decisions and Solving Problems | 4.68 | 5.92 |
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization | 4.56 | 6.12 |
Developing and Building Teams | 4.52 | 4.96 |
Below are the work styles involved in being emergency management directors according to their importance on the scale of 1 to 5 (1 being lowest and 5 being highest).
Work Style | Importance | |
Dependability | 4.67 | |
Integrity | 4.64 | |
Leadership | 4.64 | |
Initiative | 4.52 | |
Cooperation | 4.5 |
Listed below are the 10 largest metro areas based on the total number of people employed in Emergency Management Directors jobs , as of 2019
Metro Area | Total Employment | Annual Mean Salary |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | 190 | $118,880 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell | 170 | $82,570 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | 170 | $101,780 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land | 170 | $106,570 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward | 150 | $132,440 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade | 130 | $105,230 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale | 100 | N/A |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson | 100 | $48,160 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle | 100 | $73,510 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | 100 | $115,100 |
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Source : 2019 Occupational Employment Statistics and 2018-28 Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS.gov; O*NET® 24.3 Database, O*NET OnLine, National Center for O*NET Development, Employment & Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, onetonline.org