Emergency Management Specialist
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Emergency Management Specialist occupation series (code 0089): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Emergency Management Specialist is a mid-sized federal occupation: 11,832 employees (0.6% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family. At an average salary of $100,833 it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -1.5%
- Pay change
- +0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 9.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #4 of 27
FedScope read on Emergency Management Specialist (dense series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition.
Code 00, the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, is where the federal government classifies Emergency Management Specialist alongside 26 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Emergency Management Specialist postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family. Across the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, 92,278 employees work in 27 occupations; Emergency Management Specialist is 12.8% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (52nd percentile) of pay among Miscellaneous Occupations Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Emergency Management Specialist pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$100,833
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-14.1%
Where Emergency Management Specialist ranks on federal pay
Emergency Management Specialist earns more on average than 54% of federal occupation series (294 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Emergency Management Specialist sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Emergency Management Specialist.
Related Occupations in Miscellaneous Occupations Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Administration | 15,507 | $125,293 | 15.4 yrs |
| Correctional Officer | 14,821 | n/a | 10.3 yrs |
| Police | 11,883 | n/a | 12.2 yrs |
| Fire Protection and Prevention | 8,848 | $74,762 | 14.6 yrs |
| Safety and Occupational Health Management | 5,704 | $117,177 | 16.3 yrs |
| Park Ranger | 5,202 | $75,210 | 10.6 yrs |
| Security Guard | 4,312 | $57,464 | 11.3 yrs |
| Environmental Protection Specialist | 4,157 | $127,481 | 15.2 yrs |
| Security Clerical and Assistance | 3,340 | $65,477 | 12.7 yrs |
| Correctional Institution Administration | 1,677 | $122,358 | 19.4 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Emergency Management Specialist outside the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar dense headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (11,832 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($100,833 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Emergency Management Specialist pay in context with the pay-rank chart above, then compare it with another occupation.
- Turn an average salary into a grade: the GS pay grade tables show how grades and steps map to pay.
- Browse the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Emergency Management Specialist postings on USAJOBS.
OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.