Emergency Management Specialist

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Emergency Management Directors — about 13,500 people — is $93,330. Smithsonian Institution pays a median base salary of $139,395 for this role, 49% above that figure — about the 80th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Smithsonian Institution is $139,395, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Emergency Management Specialist is held in 29 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Smithsonian Institution, the median of $139,395 ranks #12 of 29.

This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense), the median of $88,281 ranks #1 of 3. See Emergency Management Specialist across all of U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) →