Headline risk
2%
Very Low RiskEmergency management directors
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
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.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 86,130
Employment 2024
13.2K
Projected Change (2024–34)
3.0%
Openings (2024–34)
1.0K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of emergency management directors is projected to grow 3 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. 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. AI use: 0%
- 2. Maintain and update all resource materials associated with emergency preparedness plans. AI use: 0%
- 3. Prepare emergency situation status reports that describe response and recovery efforts, needs, and preliminary damage assessments. AI use: 0%
- 4. Develop and maintain liaisons with municipalities, county departments, and similar entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination, and exchanges of personnel and equipment. AI use: 0%
- 5. 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. AI use: 0%
- 6. Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 46.1 · 21M employed
Under 25: 3% · 25–54: 69% · 55+: 28%
Related
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
title_match · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Emergency management directors prepare plans and procedures for responding to natural disasters or other emergencies. They also help lead the response during and after emergencies.
Most emergency management directors work for local or state governments. Others work for organizations such as hospitals, colleges and universities, or private companies.
Emergency management directors typically need a bachelor’s degree and many years of work experience in emergency response, disaster planning, or public administration.
The median annual wage for emergency management directors was $86,130 in May 2024.
Employment of emergency management directors is projected to grow 3 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.