State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Nebraska, $89,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 31.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.4%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.5%
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
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.