State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Kentucky, $74,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.2% — not 42.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.9%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-32.2%
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
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.