State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Arkansas vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Arkansas, $50,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 63.4% — not 65.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-65.5%
Arkansas vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-63.4%
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
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.