State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Mississippi vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Mississippi, $48,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 64.6% — not 66.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-66.6%
Mississippi vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-64.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $48,650
- p25
- $42,160
- p75
- $70,660
- p10
- $38,250
- p90
- $96,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.