State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Mississippi, $48,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.2% — not 62.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-62.8%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-54.2%
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
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.