State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Louisiana vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Louisiana, $96,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 33.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.7%
Louisiana vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-30.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $96,550
- p25
- $72,110
- p75
- $118,500
- p10
- $58,900
- p90
- $144,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.