State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Missouri vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Missouri, $75,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.2% — not 48%.
Nominal pay gap
-48%
Missouri vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-47.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $75,660
- p25
- $52,070
- p75
- $101,690
- p10
- $37,440
- p90
- $148,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.