Emergency Management Specialist

What the Numbers Say About Emergency Management Specialist

0.6% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Emergency Management Specialist occupation (OPM code 89): 13,667 people, headcount up 3.6% 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 $95,989 per year on average, 12.6% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 1.1% from the prior period (a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement). Employees in this role stay an average of 7.5 years, a comparatively short average tenure, which can reflect faster turnover, a competitive private-sector alternative, or a newer program still building up its workforce.

Code 0, the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, is where the federal government classifies Emergency Management Specialist alongside 25 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Emergency Management Specialist postings should also review these sibling occupations, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Within the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, Emergency Management Specialist ranks #4 of 26 by headcount, accounting for 12.9% of the family's combined 105,611 employees. Its average salary ranks in the top half (58th percentile) of pay among Miscellaneous Occupations Group occupations.