State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Nebraska vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Nebraska, $89,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 38.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.3%
Nebraska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-36.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $89,740
- p25
- $64,610
- p75
- $121,880
- p10
- $58,650
- p90
- $138,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.