The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, or TEMA serves state citizens from OEMs (offices of emergency management) located throughout the state. The average hourly wage of emergency management director jobs in the state of Tennessee is $32.39 per hour. This comes to approximately $67,370 each year, which is right in line with the national average for this position.
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When new to the field, these professionals can expect to bring home $31,320, before. After considerable training and many years of experience they can nearly quadruple their salaries to a high average of $119,550 annually.
This information represents salary data furnished through the U.S. Department of Labor’s reporting arm, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and represents salary data for emergency management directors and hazardous materials workers in major cities throughout Tennessee.