State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Colorado vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Colorado, $129,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 0.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.9%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+2.9%
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
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.