Director, Internal Operations Office, PEMA pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 76170
- Class code
- 76170
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Internal Operations Office, PEMA is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 76170.
- 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 05/13/2016.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible administrative work in directing all aspects of internal response operations in the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA). The employee in this job is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the activities of the Internal Operations Office. Work involves developing, implementing, and interpreting policies and procedures for the operation of the Commonwealth Watch and Warning Center (CWWC) and the activation, staffing, and operation of the Commonwealth Response Coordination Center (CRCC); directing the operations of the CWWC and CRCC; managing the agency’s statewide communications and warning networks to receive and disseminate warning information to county warning points, state agencies, and senior executive staff; and directing the collection of disaster and emergency assessment information and prioritizing the commonwealth’s response actions an ...
Examples of the work
• Directs the operation of the 24 hour Commonwealth Watch and Warning Center and the associated resource coordination activities to ensure timely data collection and analysis, effective emergency response and recovery operations, and conformance to established operational policies and procedures. • Establishes policies and procedures for the activation and staffing of the CRCC and the execution of the operational requirements of the CRCC during an emergency. • Develops policies and procedures to control the collection and analysis, classification, and sharing of information during emergency and disaster operations.
Minimum qualifications
• Six years of professional emergency management experience in disaster operations, public safety, or related emergency services programs that includes two years of emergency management program planning and policy development and one year of supervisory experience, 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 emergency management program planning and policy development and one year of supervisory experience.
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.