Emergency Management Watch Officer pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 76197
- Class code
- 76197
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Emergency Management Watch Officer is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 76197.
- 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 05/06/1998.
What the state says the job is
This is specialized communications work involving statewide responsibility for the receipt, analysis, and coordination of emergency warning and operational response, recovery, and support information within the centralized Emergency Operations Center of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Employees in this class coordinate time-critical emergency incident and/or disaster information with various government entities and Commonwealth emergency organizations to provide early warning, response, and recovery information and guidance. A significant aspect of this work involves coordinating with agency senior management, as well as senior staff from the Governor's and Lieutenant Governor's Office and Cabinet members, to communicate emergency and/or disaster information.
Examples of the work
Alerts all applicable state officials and agencies, counties, federal agencies, and contiguous states in the event of emergency warnings to include terrorist acts involving weapons of mass destruction, severe weather, hazardous material spills, nuclear power plant incidents, and terrorist incidents. Maintains vital communication links between entities to limit the impact of natural or manmade incidents or disasters. Monitors communication equipment simultaneously to gather, analyze and prioritize critical emergency information. Prepares and maintains a chronological log of all events and incidents that occur during an operational shift.
Minimum qualifications
Three years of emergency coordination experience within the operation of a large municipal, county, statewide or national emergency center; and an associate degree in emergency management or other closely related field; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
Emergency Management Watch Officer in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | $39,171 | $57,973 | $39,171 to $57,973 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.