According to the New Jersey Emergency Management website the average emergency worker in the state can expect to earn an annual salary of $75,000. However in areas such as Trenton and Ewing, the annual salary expectations are held at $86,490 and in Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton the annual salary for this position is held at $68,210.
Each area of New Jersey carries different potential risks, as well as cost of living expenses, making New Jersey a small state with a wide range of salaries for those working in emergency management services. After the hurricane that hit the state in 2012, those working in this field received a substantial increase in salary to ensure the state would be more prepared if another disaster such as this hit, and devastated, the area. This increase in salary raised some emergency workers salaries by as much as 15 percent of the current amount, according to the New Jersey Emergency Management Association. This provided an increase that covered the additional steps that had to be taken to safeguard the state against a future disaster.
The information shown in these tables was furnished by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and represents salary data for both emergency management directors and hazardous materials removal workers in New Jersey’s major cities.
New Jersey Emergency Management Director Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile wage
Annual median wage
Annual 75th percentile wage
Annual 90th percentile wage
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ
30
32.79
68210
29.69
40.45
57.77
61760
84140
120160
Camden NJ Metropolitan Division
30
41.97
87300
41.38
54.07
65.05
86070
112470
135300
Edison-New Brunswick NJ Metropolitan Division
80
39.47
82090
40.18
52.76
65.19
83580
109730
135600
Newark-Union NJ-PA Metropolitan Division
140
40.03
83270
41.12
47.74
57.09
85530
99300
118740
New York-White Plains-Wayne NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
190
42.94
89320
40.64
52.47
64.46
84530
109140
134070
Trenton-Ewing NJ
30
41.58
86490
38.96
46.14
50.03
81040
95960
104060
New Jersey Hazardous Materials Removal Worker Salaries
Area name
Employment
Hourly mean wage
Annual mean wage
Hourly median wage
Hourly 75th percentile wage
Hourly 90th percentile
Annual median
Annual 75th percentile
Annual 90th percentile wage
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ
150
17.04
35450
16.51
19.81
22.72
34330
41210
47260
Camden NJ Metropolitan Division
120
24.21
50360
23.86
29.05
33.68
49630
60430
70050
Edison-New Brunswick NJ Metropolitan Division
200
19.91
41420
20.28
24.85
28.24
42180
51690
58740
Newark-Union NJ-PA Metropolitan Division
340
24.15
50230
22.07
29.93
36.06
45910
62250
75000
New York-White Plains-Wayne NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
1770
28.15
58550
30.64
34.27
37.52
63720
71280
78040
Wilmington DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division
120
19.74
41050
17.54
21.56
31.25
36480
44830
65000
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