State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Missouri vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Missouri, $75,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.8% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.1%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-31.8%
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
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.