State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Alaska, $101,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
-30%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-37%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $101,850
- p25
- $75,370
- p75
- $132,630
- p10
- $62,140
- p90
- $175,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $145,550
- p25
- $97,990
- p75
- $172,370
- p10
- $72,480
- p90
- $202,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.