State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Kansas vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Kansas, $68,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.3% — not 48%.
Nominal pay gap
-48%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-38.3%
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
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.