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Average Emergency Management Directors Salary in Kansas

Emergency Management Directors in Kansas earn a median annual salary of $62,830, which is -27.1% compared to the national median. There are 190 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Kansas (state).

$62,830
Kansas median annual wage
$30/hour median
-27.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $86,130
190
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.63
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$32,830
25th
$48,620
Median
$62,830
75th
$86,190
90th
$110,070

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Kansas, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
90.1%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$69,758
Goods: 94.0%
Services: 88.4%
Rents: 71.2%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
District of Columbia$185,810Compare130
Washington$129,110Compare200
California$126,210Compare1,080
Massachusetts$115,200Compare180
New Mexico$111,980Compare140
Colorado$109,710Compare160

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Kansas

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Family Medicine Physicians$237,2000.14
Pediatricians, General$194,8100.37
Nurse Anesthetists$182,770N/A
Dentists, General$170,0901.18
Podiatrists$169,0600.43
Natural Sciences Managers$158,1000.30
Air Traffic Controllers$156,6201.98
Computer And Information Systems Managers$154,8300.60

Kansas has salary data for 687 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Emergency Management Directors in Kansas

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Emergency Management Directors are projected to change by +3.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.