State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In New Jersey, $120,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 16.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.9%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-29.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $120,990
- p25
- $96,180
- p75
- $124,090
- p10
- $80,770
- p90
- $164,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.