Deputy Director for Operations, PEMA pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 76188
- Class code
- 76188
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Deputy Director for Operations, PEMA is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 76188.
- 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 04/01/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work directing, evaluating, and executing statewide emergency management preparedness and response programs within the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA). The employee in this job is responsible for the strategic planning, development, and implementation of statewide emergency preparedness and response programs, including internal and external operations, training, exercise, and technological hazards. Work involves leading emergency preparedness programs, and the response phase of any natural or man-made disaster by providing strategic leadership, policy development, and administrative oversight.
Examples of the work
• Directs strategic planning and program implementation for preparedness and response program aspects to include internal and external operations, county coordination, NIMS and THIRA, and the steady state watch and warning and disaster support operations. • Directs and coordinates the interpretation, development, implementation, and enforcement of policies, procedures, and regulations governing disaster response operations, and preparedness program service delivery with state, county, and local emergency management organizations. • Serves as the principal advisor to the PEMA Director on all aspects of commonwealth disaster preparedness and response operations.
Minimum qualifications
• Six years of professional emergency management experience which includes two years of supervisory experience and three years of emergency management program planning and policy development; and a bachelor's degree in public administration, public safety, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes two years of supervisory experience and three years of emergency management program planning and policy development.
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.