State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: California vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In California, $129,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.7% — not 10.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.7%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-25.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $129,910
- p25
- $105,320
- p75
- $163,130
- p10
- $90,130
- p90
- $199,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.