State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Kentucky vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Kentucky, $74,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.5% — not 48.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-48.7%
Kentucky vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-47.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $74,730
- p25
- $44,990
- p75
- $93,100
- p10
- $39,710
- p90
- $109,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.