State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Illinois vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Illinois, $83,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.9% — not 42.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.4%
Illinois vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-46.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $83,820
- p25
- $61,910
- p75
- $125,530
- p10
- $44,110
- p90
- $164,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.