State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Idaho vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Idaho, $99,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.6% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.7%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.6%
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
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.