State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Hawaii vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Hawaii, $74,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.2% — not 49%.
Nominal pay gap
-49%
Hawaii vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-57.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $74,290
- p25
- $66,720
- p75
- $113,940
- p10
- $61,620
- p90
- $142,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.