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Highest Paying Industries for Emergency Management Directors

The top 58 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $150,710, federal government, including usps is the highest paying industry for emergency management directors. It is followed by federal executive branch (oes designation) industry (average annual salary $150,710). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of emergency management directors in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 58 Highest Paying Industries for Emergency Management Directors

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Federal government, including USPS	$150,710	$132,800	50
2	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$150,710	$132,800	50
3	Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	$99,350	$50,910	40
4	Utilities	$97,930	$45,880	300
5	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$96,670	$58,450	220
6	Scientific Research and Development Services	$96,670	$58,450	220
7	Transportation and Warehousing	$95,130	$59,620	70
8	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$92,900	$55,450	180
9	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$92,300	$58,360	60
10	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$91,770	$58,410	60
11	Air Transportation	$87,430	$54,860	30
12	Educational Services - Local government owned	$86,870	$51,400	130
13	Manufacturing	$86,750	$44,210	80
14	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$84,640	$52,410	290
15	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$84,050	$53,410	140
16	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$83,600	$50,950	140
17	Educational Services - State government owned	$81,970	$50,290	150
18	Educational Services	$80,670	$51,340	460
19	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$79,250	$45,110	630
20	Hospitals - Privately owned	$78,070	$44,510	700
21	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$77,720	$39,390	590
22	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$77,580	$45,260	800
23	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$75,420	$41,220	900
24	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$75,260	$49,530	250
25	Educational Services - Privately owned	$74,120	$51,750	180
26	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$73,300	$43,580	60
27	Health Care and Social Assistance	$72,780	$39,080	1,260
28	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$72,610	$42,850	70
29	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$71,730	$35,270	150
30	Hospitals - Local government owned	$71,180	$45,540	150
31	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$70,960	$42,680	40
32	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$70,940	$45,450	150
33	Finance and Insurance	$70,440	$52,810	n/a
34	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$70,170	$42,380	40
35	Ambulance Services	$70,140	$38,280	n/a
36	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$69,880	$30,420	110
37	Insurance Carriers	$69,750	$52,620	n/a
38	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$69,750	$52,620	n/a
39	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$66,740	$39,640	n/a
40	Administrative and Support Services	$65,070	$37,420	n/a
41	Social Assistance	$61,410	$35,560	200
42	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$61,350	$35,800	190
43	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$61,130	$51,730	50
44	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$61,070	$51,710	50
45	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$59,050	$26,380	5,460
46	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$58,500	$30,850	6,890
47	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$58,020	$25,420	5,180
48	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$57,370	$29,580	6,410
49	Federal, State, and Local Government	$57,370	$29,580	6,410
50	State government, including schools and hospitals	$56,250	$37,640	1,380
51	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$54,820	$37,660	1,180
52	Temporary Help Services	$54,130	$34,390	n/a
53	Employment Services	$53,830	$35,490	n/a
54	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$46,300	$32,620	60
55	Hospitals - State government owned	$43,460	$32,920	50
56	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$43,150	$30,750	110
57	Engineering Services	$43,100	$30,720	110
58	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$37,550	$32,630	30