State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Arkansas, $50,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.8% — not 61.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-61.6%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-52.8%
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
Washington
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $130,780
- p25
- $108,740
- p75
- $158,160
- p10
- $94,020
- p90
- $184,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.