**Emergency Management and Related Labor Market Data and Statistics,
2005**

**Prepared by:**

**Kim Huseman and Monika Buchanan**

**Millersville University of Pennsylvania**

**For FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project as Internship
Project**

**April, 2005**

**Sources of Information:**

US Department of Labor [www.dol.gov](http://www.dol.gov/) (Accessed
January -- March, 2005)

> Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix
> <http://data.bls.gov/oep/servlet/oep.nioem.servlet.ActionServlet?Action=empios&Type=Occupation>
> (accessed January-March, 2005)
>
> US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational
> Employment Statistics <http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_alph.htm#E>
> (accessed January-March, 2005)

**Techniques Used to Acquire Data:**

Internet Search; Phone Interviews; Personal E-mail Communication

**Interpretation of Data:**

Table 1 contains information regarding the number of people currently
employed (2002), projected employment (2012), change number (which is
the Number Projected minus the Number Employed), and Change Percent
(2012) for the years 2002-2012. Occupations included in the report were
Emergency Management Specialists, Emergency medical Technicians and
Paramedics, Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Police and
Sheriff's Patrol Officers, and Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers.

Table 2 represents statistical information regarding the professional
background of students currently enrolled in emergency management or
related field programs. Below is the list of colleges that participated
in this research: Georgia State University, University of North Texas,
University of Akron, Western Washington University, Arizona State
University East, and Central Georgia Technical College. Contact
information is available on the FEMA website,
<http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/cgi-shl/college/display_by_degree.cfm?degree=8>
.

Table 1. U.S Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Occupational Employment Statistics

+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+
|                 | **Nu | *     | *   | *   | **Nu | **M | **   |
|                 | mber | *Proj | *Ch | *Ch | mber | ean | Mean |
|                 | of   | ected | ang | ang | of   | h   | annu |
|                 | em   | em    | e** | e** | em   | our | al** |
|                 | ploy | ploym |     |     | ploy | ly\ |      |
|                 | ed** | ent** | *   | **  | ed** | wag | **   |
|                 |      |       | *Nu | Per |      | e(\ | wage |
|                 | **(\ | **(   | mbe | cen | **   | *\* | (\   |
|                 | *)** | \*)** | r** | t** | (\*\ | )** | *\*) |
|                 |      |       |     |     | *)** |     | [(1  |
|                 |      |       | **  | **  |      |     | )](h |
|                 |      |       | (\* | (\* |      |     | ttp: |
|                 |      |       | )** | )** |      |     | //ww |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | w.bl |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | s.go |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | v/oe |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | s/cu |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | rren |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | t/oe |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | s194 |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | 091. |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | htm# |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | (2)% |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | 23(2 |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     | ))** |
+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+
| Industry        | **20 | **2   | *   | *   | **20 | **  | **20 |
|                 | 02** | 012** | *20 | *20 | 03** | 200 | 03** |
|                 |      |       | 02- | 02- |      | 3** |      |
|                 |      |       | 201 | 201 |      |     |      |
|                 |      |       | 2** | 2** |      |     |      |
+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+
| **Emergency     | 10   | 1     | 3,  | 2   | 9    | \   | \$49 |
| Management      | ,948 | 4,040 | 092 | 8.2 | ,800 | $23 | ,180 |
| Specialists**   |      |       |     |     |      | .65 |      |
+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+
| **Emergency     | 179  | 23    | 59, | 3   | 186  | \   | \$27 |
| Medical         | ,112 | 8,449 | 337 | 3.1 | ,110 | $13 | ,080 |
| Technicians and |      |       |     |     |      | .02 |      |
| Paramedics**    |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+
| **Environmental | 27   | 3     | 10, | 3   | 28   | \   | \$37 |
| science and     | ,591 | 7,738 | 147 | 6.8 | ,070 | $18 | ,660 |
| protection      |      |       |     |     |      | .11 |      |
| technicians,    |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
| including       |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
| health**        |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+
| **Fire          | 281  | 34    | 58, | 2   | 274  | \   | \$38 |
| Fighters**      | ,948 | 0,402 | 454 | 0.7 | ,590 | $18 | ,810 |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      | .66 |      |
+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+
| **Hazardous     | 37   | 5     | 16, | 4   | 37   | \   | \$36 |
| materials       | ,559 | 3,760 | 201 | 3.1 | ,710 | $17 | ,330 |
| removal         |      |       |     |     |      | .47 |      |
| workers**       |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+
| **Occupational  | 41   | 4     | 5,  | 1   | 44   | \   | \$49 |
| health and      | ,363 | 6,808 | 445 | 3.2 | ,700 | $23 | ,610 |
| safety          |      |       |     |     |      | .85 |      |
| specialists and |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
| technicians**   |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+
| **Police and    | 618  | 77    | 1   | 2   | 612  | \   | \$45 |
| Sheriff's       | ,786 | 1,581 | 52, | 4.7 | ,420 | $21 | ,560 |
| Patrol          |      |       | 795 |     |      | .90 |      |
| Officers**      |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+
| **Police, Fire, | 92   | 10    | 11, | 1   | 90   | \   | \$29 |
| and Ambulance   | ,203 | 3,920 | 716 | 2.7 | ,490 | $14 | ,860 |
| Dispatchers**   |      |       |     |     |      | .36 |      |
+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+
| **Private       | 13   | N/A   | N/A | N/A | N/A  | N/A | N/A  |
| Sector          | 81\* |       |     |     |      |     |      |
| Contingency     | \*\* |       |     |     |      |     |      |
| Planning        |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
| Business        |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
| Continuity**    |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
|                 |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
| **Disaster      |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
| Recovery        |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
| Specialists**   |      |       |     |     |      |     |      |
+-----------------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+

(\*) U.S Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix
<http://data.bls.gov/oep/servlet/oep.nioem.servlet.ActionServlet?Action=empios&Type=Occupation>

(**\*\***) U.S Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Occupational Employment Statistics
<http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_alph.htm#E>

(\*\*\*) Number of Active members in the Association of Contingency
Planners (Courtesy of Paul Striedl)

(1) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean
wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those
occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual
wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

> **Table 2. Professional background of students currently enrolled in
> emergency management or related field programs**\*

+-------------------+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+----+----+---+
| University        | **  | **Law | **   | *   | **Po  | *  | ** | * |
|                   | Fir | Enf   | EMTs | *EM | lice, | *P | Pu | * |
|                   | e** | orcem | and  | s   | Fire, | ri | bl | O |
|                   |     | ent** | Para | pec | Ambul | va | ic | t |
|                   | **F |       | medi | ial | ances | te | He | h |
|                   | igh | **    | cs** | ist | D     | Se | al | e |
|                   | ter | (%)** |      | s** | ispat | ct | th | r |
|                   | s** |       | **(  |     | chers | or | ** | * |
|                   |     |       | %)** | *   | (%)** | ** |    | * |
|                   | *   |       |      | *(% |       |    | *  |   |
|                   | *(% |       |      | )** |       | *  | *( | * |
|                   | )** |       |      |     |       | *( | %) | * |
|                   |     |       |      |     |       | %) | ** | ( |
|                   |     |       |      |     |       | ** |    | % |
|                   |     |       |      |     |       |    |    | ) |
|                   |     |       |      |     |       |    |    | * |
|                   |     |       |      |     |       |    |    | * |
+-------------------+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+----+----+---+
| **Georgia State   | 0   | 0     | 0    | 5   | 0     | N  | 10 | 1 |
| University**      |     |       |      |     |       | /A |    | 0 |
+-------------------+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+----+----+---+
| **University of   | 3   | 3     | 5    | 9   | 2     | 9  | 2  | 6 |
| North Texas**     |     |       |      |     |       |    |    | 7 |
+-------------------+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+----+----+---+
| **University of   | 30  | 45    | 0    | 0   | 0     | 0  | 2  | 2 |
| Akron**           |     |       |      |     |       |    |    | 3 |
+-------------------+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+----+----+---+
| **Western         | 25  | 10    | 10   | 20  | 0     | 30 | 5  | 0 |
| Washington        |     |       |      |     |       |    |    |   |
| University**      |     |       |      |     |       |    |    |   |
+-------------------+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+----+----+---+
| **Arizona State   | 21  | 10    | 18   | 4   | 0     | 30 | 17 | 0 |
| University East** |     |       |      |     |       |    |    |   |
+-------------------+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+----+----+---+
| **Central Georgia | 14  | 7     | 7    | 7   | 14    | 0  | 0  | 5 |
| Technical         |     |       |      |     |       |    |    | 0 |
| College**         |     |       |      |     |       |    |    |   |
+-------------------+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+----+----+---+

\* Data obtained through participating universities with Emergency
Management Programs.

**Additional Data**

The Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama (Office for
Domestic Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security) estimates that
"there are more than **11 million** emergency responders and other
personnel in this country that would need training to deal with
terrorist incidents." (Center for Domestic Preparedness Fact Sheet,
January 2005)