State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Massachusetts, $123,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.2% — not 15.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.3%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-26.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $123,250
- p25
- $97,490
- p75
- $159,640
- p10
- $81,100
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.