State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Maryland vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Maryland, $107,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.3% — not 26.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.3%
Maryland vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-35.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $107,200
- p25
- $85,890
- p75
- $146,810
- p10
- $68,600
- p90
- $176,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.