State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Idaho vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Idaho, $99,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.9% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.5%
Idaho vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-33.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $99,720
- p25
- $85,230
- p75
- $126,940
- p10
- $77,310
- p90
- $137,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.