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 of $117,339, and headcount declined 1.5% from the prior period.
- Employees
- 11,832
- Share of workforce
- 0.6%
- Avg salary
- $100,833
- Avg tenure
- 9.7 yrs
FedScope read on Emergency Management Specialist (dense series)
0.6% of the federal civilian workforce (1,953,300 employees total, June 2026) works in the Emergency Management Specialist occupation (OPM code 0089): 11,832 people, headcount down -1.5% 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.
Emergency Management Specialist pays $100,833 per year on average, moving up 0.3% from the prior period (a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change). Employees in this role stay an average of 9.7 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
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.
Within the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, Emergency Management Specialist ranks #4 of 27 by headcount, accounting for 12.8% of the family's combined 92,278 employees. 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 of $117,339
Occupation Average
$100,833
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-14.1%
Where Emergency Management Specialist ranks on federal pay
Its average salary of $100,833 is higher 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; Emergency Management Specialist ranks higher than 54%.
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
- Emergency Management Specialist pays below the federal average by 14.1% ($100,833 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 54th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A mid-sized federal occupation by headcount: 11,832 employees, 0.6% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined 1.5% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Emergency Management Specialist ranks #42 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Within the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, Emergency Management Specialist ranks #4 of 27 by headcount, accounting for 12.8% of the family's combined 92,278 employees.
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.