State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Kansas vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Kansas, $68,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.2% — not 53.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-53.3%
Kansas vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-52.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $68,000
- p25
- $58,720
- p75
- $90,870
- p10
- $48,970
- p90
- $113,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.