State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: New Mexico vs North Carolina
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In North Carolina, $93,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.6% — not 55.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.1%
New Mexico vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+58.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
North Carolina
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $93,840
- p25
- $78,010
- p75
- $118,920
- p10
- $66,800
- p90
- $129,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.