Deputy Director for 9-1-1, PEMA pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 76181
- Class code
- 76181
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Deputy Director for 9-1-1, PEMA is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 76181.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 01/27/2015.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work directing and executing a comprehensive 9-1-1 program within the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA). The employee in this job is responsible for the strategic planning, policy development, implementation and integration of a comprehensive 9-1-1 program to ensure the continual development and maintenance of the Commonwealth’s 9-1-1 system. Work involves directing the development of policies and procedures for the equal and unilateral deployment and maintenance of internet protocol, wireless and landline 9-1-1 services across the Commonwealth; developing policies, procedures and programs to ensure the implementation and evolution of a Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) system within the Commonwealth; directing the planning, coordination and implementation of local, county and statewide public safety education and outreach programs related to 9 ...
Examples of the work
• Directs the strategic planning, policy development, implementation and integration of the 9-1-1 program across the Commonwealth. • Provides oversight for the Commonwealth’s county-based 9-1-1 system to ensure that local, regional and state level functions are coordinated, mutually supportive and comprehensive in scope. • Serves as the principal advisor to the Chief Deputy Director, PEMA and Director, PEMA on 9-1-1 policy and operations. • Directs communications between the 9-1-1 Office and County 9-1-1 coordinators to enable public safety answering points (PSAP) to provide expedient telephone access to emergency services for all 9-1-1 callers.
Minimum qualifications
• Six years of professional experience in 9-1-1 operations management, public safety or related emergency services programs that include two years of supervisory responsibility, and a bachelor’s degree in public administration, public safety or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of supervisory experience in 9-1-1 operations management, public safety or related emergency services programs.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.