State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Iowa vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Iowa, $73,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.8% — not 49.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.4%
Iowa vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-46.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $73,700
- p25
- $59,520
- p75
- $89,560
- p10
- $45,450
- p90
- $109,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.