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46/ 100
Public Safety #704 of 1000 overall
Emergency Management Specialist
PerspectaScore 46/100 — our composite grade across wealth, freedom, stability, ROI, burnout and automation risk.
Where Emergency Management Specialist ranks
How this career places against all 1000 careers in our database.
The nine scores
Wealth Potential28/100
Lifetime net-worth percentile vs every other career.
Freedom & Flexibility45/100
Remote work, mobility, self-employment and early-FI potential.
Job Stability90/100
Resilience to layoffs and recessions.
Career Mobility50/100
Room to climb and grow income over time.
Geographic Flexibility40/100
How easily this career relocates between states.
Degree / Training ROI14/100
Payoff relative to the time and debt to get in.
Family Friendliness75/100
Stability, benefits and lower burnout for raising a family.
Burnout Risk70/100
Emotional and physical toll of the work.
Automation Risk20/100
Exposure to being replaced by AI / automation.
Key facts
- Median salary
- $78,000
- Median take-home
- $63,032
- Top 10% salary
- $115,000
- Net worth @ 65
- $3M
- Lifetime earnings
- $6.3M
- Financial independence
- Age 55
- Education
- Bachelor's
- Typical debt
- $25,000
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