State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Emergency Management Directors in District of Columbia earn a median of $184,350. In Arkansas, $50,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 65.6% — not 72.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-72.8%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-65.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $50,180
- p25
- $40,100
- p75
- $65,890
- p10
- $35,280
- p90
- $82,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
District of Columbia
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $184,350
- p25
- $141,710
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $89,990
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.