State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Colorado vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Colorado, $129,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.3% — not 10.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.9%
Colorado vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-20.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $129,660
- p25
- $103,630
- p75
- $136,930
- p10
- $88,200
- p90
- $166,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.