State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Montana vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Montana, $62,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58% — not 56.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-56.9%
Montana vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-58%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $62,770
- p25
- $56,050
- p75
- $79,830
- p10
- $51,290
- p90
- $100,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.