AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 11-9161.00
Will AI replace Emergency Management Directors?
Emergency Management Directors: AI can already handle 4 of 23 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 23 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Emergency Management Directors, from most to least exposed. 4 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare emergency situation status reports that describe response and recovery efforts, needs, and preliminary damage assessments. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Collaborate with other officials to prepare and analyze damage assessments following disasters or emergencies. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Review emergency plans of individual organizations, such as medical facilities, to ensure their adequacy. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Consult with officials of local and area governments, schools, hospitals, and other institutions to determine their needs and capabilities in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Develop and maintain liaisons with municipalities, county departments, and similar entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination, and exchanges of personnel and equipment. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Maintain and update all resource materials associated with emergency preparedness plans. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Prepare plans that outline operating procedures to be used in response to disasters or emergencies, such as hurricanes, nuclear accidents, and terrorist attacks, and in recovery from these events. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop and perform tests and evaluations of emergency management plans in accordance with state and federal regulations. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Design and administer emergency or disaster preparedness training courses that teach people how to effectively respond to major emergencies and disasters. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Keep informed of activities or changes that could affect the likelihood of an emergency, response efforts, or plan implementation. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Keep informed of federal, state, and local regulations affecting emergency plans, and ensure that plans adhere to those regulations. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Conduct surveys to determine the types of emergency-related needs to be addressed in disaster planning, or provide technical support to others conducting such surveys. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Attend meetings, conferences, and workshops related to emergency management to learn new information and to develop working relationships with other emergency management specialists. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Develop instructional materials for the public and make presentations to citizens' groups to provide information on emergency plans and their implementation processes. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Train local groups in the preparation of long-term plans that are compatible with federal and state plans. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Study emergency plans used elsewhere to gather information for plan development. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Develop and implement training procedures and strategies for radiological protection, detection, and decontamination. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Propose alteration of emergency response procedures, based on regulatory changes, technological changes, or knowledge gained from outcomes of previous emergency situations. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Apply for federal funding for emergency-management-related needs, and administer and report on the progress of such grants. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Provide communities with assistance in applying for federal funding for emergency management facilities, radiological instrumentation, and related items. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Inventory and distribute nuclear, biological, and chemical detection and contamination equipment, providing instruction in its maintenance and use. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Inspect facilities and equipment, such as emergency management centers and communications equipment, to determine their operational and functional capabilities in emergency situations. | Estimated | Efficient |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 23 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 23 of 23. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 13,500
- Median annual wage
- $93,330
- Middle half of earners
- $67,910 to $126,490
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +3.0%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Public Safety Telecommunicators 60% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure38
- Business Continuity Planners 59% skill overlap, about 15 months to move Exposure54
- Emergency Medical Technicians 58% skill overlap, about 15 months to move Exposure50
- Security Managers 58% skill overlap, about 15 months to move Exposure54
- Medical and Health Services Managers 58% skill overlap, about 15 months to move Exposure56
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Emergency Management Directors and AI
Will AI replace Emergency Management Directors?
AI already handles 4 of the 23 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 48 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +3.0% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Emergency Management Directors?
48 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 0 of the 23 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 23 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Emergency Management Directors tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Prepare emergency situation status reports that describe response and recovery efforts, needs, and preliminary damage assessments; Collaborate with other officials to prepare and analyze damage assessments following disasters or emergencies; Review emergency plans of individual organizations, such as medical facilities, to ensure their adequacy. They are three of the 4 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 100% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Emergency Management Directors, and what do they earn?
13,500 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $93,330 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +3.0% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Emergency Management Directors. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/emergency-management-directors
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