Utah / Department of Human Services / Emergency Management Specialist
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
1 employees hold this title in Department of Human Services. Median total compensation for the role is $62,432, above the department median of $40,522.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Emergency Management Directors — about 170 people — is $84,860. Department of Human Services pays a median base salary of $35,880 for this role, 58% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Emergency Management Directors across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Human Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Emergency Management Directors — about 13,500 people — is $93,330. Department of Human Services’s median base salary is 62% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Utah range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Human Services is $62,432, 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.
Compare departments
Emergency Management Specialist is held in 3 Utah departments. In Department of Human Services, the median of $62,432 ranks #1 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Emergency Management Specialist role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $383 ranks #3 of 3. See Emergency Management Specialist across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Emergency Management Specialistroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Emergency Management Specialist/Department of Human Services
Source-specific fields
Whitney Wegener works as a Emergency Management Specialist for Department of Human Services within DHS Substance Abuse & Mental Health. Whitney earned $62,432 in 2019.