State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Hawaii vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Hawaii, $74,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.7% — not 43.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.2%
Hawaii vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-44.7%
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
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.