State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Minnesota, $106,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.3%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $106,880
- p25
- $87,980
- p75
- $135,200
- p10
- $73,880
- p90
- $163,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.