The annual salary statistics of emergency management directors in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of emergency management directors in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $86,160 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $96,020 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $116,140 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $148,980 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $183,500 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for emergency management directors in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $183,500. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $116,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $86,160.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of emergency management directors from 2012 to 2019.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 7-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $116,140 | -17.29% | 36.50% |
| 2018 | $136,220 | 10.42% | - |
| 2017 | $122,030 | 0.94% | - |
| 2016 | $120,880 | 25.52% | - |
| 2015 | $90,030 | -10.77% | - |
| 2014 | $99,730 | 22.77% | - |
| 2013 | $77,020 | 4.25% | - |
| 2012 | $73,750 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $116,140 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for emergency management directors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of emergency management directors in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 15.6 percent (15.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City and 23.1 percent (23.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville.