Highest-paying Cities for Emergency Management Directors

The top 100 highest paying cities for emergency management directors (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of emergency management directors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $155,250, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for emergency management directors. It is followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia (average annual salary $153,220). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of emergency management directors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Emergency Management Directors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$155,250	$107,250	100
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$153,220	$76,870	280
3	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$137,950	$90,110	60
4	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$137,600	$89,120	230
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$135,160	$97,210	30
6	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$127,100	$79,610	60
7	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$125,960	$74,980	70
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$119,750	$80,120	110
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$119,100	$64,340	330
10	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$118,980	$80,830	70
11	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$116,140	$86,160	40
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$112,740	$81,270	160
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$110,170	$50,220	60
14	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$109,290	$82,710	30
15	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$107,630	$62,740	550
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$106,660	$77,350	190
17	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$105,560	$73,090	50
18	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$104,190	$69,530	70
19	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$103,650	$67,510	40
20	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$101,550	$67,100	180
21	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$101,530	$79,210	250
22	Springfield, Illinois	$101,470	$79,880	30
23	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$100,780	$53,800	40
24	Camden, New Jersey	$100,300	$71,020	30
25	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$99,630	$56,250	30
26	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$99,450	$69,760	120
27	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$96,190	$60,300	30
28	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$95,750	$54,090	110
29	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$95,480	$48,550	40
30	Jacksonville, Florida	$95,400	$52,940	30
31	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$95,390	$65,540	120
32	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$95,350	$65,330	50
33	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$95,200	$51,340	170
34	Boulder, Colorado	$94,100	$83,950	n/a
35	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$94,070	$62,330	30
36	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$92,340	$74,530	50
37	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$92,250	$43,390	100
38	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$91,500	$73,220	250
39	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$91,400	$64,060	80
40	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$90,820	$55,980	50
41	Kansas City, Missouri	$89,980	$47,030	80
42	Montgomery, Alabama	$88,530	$46,960	90
43	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$88,220	$48,420	160
44	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$88,010	$49,960	40
45	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$87,950	$32,600	80
46	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$87,290	$49,310	50
47	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$85,450	$54,650	290
48	Columbus, Ohio	$85,110	$56,590	70
49	Bloomington, Illinois	$85,040	$54,840	30
50	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$83,130	$42,030	200
51	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$82,790	$46,770	30
52	Knoxville, Tennessee	$82,300	$54,070	40
53	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$81,500	$37,010	50
54	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$81,310	$52,980	40
55	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$81,300	$61,190	80
56	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$81,000	$53,600	30
57	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$80,530	$57,520	50
58	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$80,500	$51,380	90
59	Wilmington, New Jersey	$80,350	$49,130	30
60	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$80,340	$49,090	70
61	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$80,260	$55,170	70
62	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$80,220	$48,370	140
63	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$80,200	$47,250	30
64	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$79,970	$50,020	50
65	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$79,880	$49,190	60
66	Rochester, New York	$79,720	$59,420	40
67	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$79,370	$58,260	220
68	St Louis, Missouri	$79,210	$52,460	60
69	Memphis, Tennessee	$78,860	$45,090	30
70	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$78,790	$53,330	70
71	Richmond, Virginia	$78,640	$58,180	70
72	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$78,340	$22,120	40
73	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$78,120	$46,890	40
74	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$78,100	$62,750	40
75	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$76,840	$65,500	50
76	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$76,790	$58,960	60
77	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$76,040	$51,920	60
78	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$75,680	$55,220	30
79	Anchorage, Alaska	$75,080	$56,530	100
80	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$74,690	$48,000	60
81	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$73,360	$52,260	50
82	Syracuse, New York	$72,780	$44,050	30
83	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$72,610	$68,240	n/a
84	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$71,920	$44,310	n/a
85	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$70,810	$50,320	30
86	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$70,680	$41,310	30
87	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$70,390	$56,430	40
88	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$70,080	$56,200	80
89	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$69,340	$46,660	40
90	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$68,410	$46,790	40
91	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$68,160	$47,790	30
92	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$65,940	$53,480	40
93	Madison, Wisconsin	$65,440	$49,110	30
94	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$65,430	$47,450	50
95	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$65,050	$50,400	90
96	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$64,220	$44,880	30
97	Corpus Christi, Texas	$63,320	$46,870	30
98	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$62,800	$46,680	40
99	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$62,800	$42,310	50
100	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$62,340	$46,960	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for emergency management directors.