State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Arizona vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Arizona, $81,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.4% — not 43.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.7%
Arizona vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-48.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $81,970
- p25
- $66,040
- p75
- $102,820
- p10
- $60,280
- p90
- $145,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.