State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: New Mexico vs North Dakota
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In North Dakota, $76,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 83.3% — not 89.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+89.9%
New Mexico vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+83.3%
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 Dakota
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $76,640
- p25
- $65,220
- p75
- $94,960
- p10
- $62,120
- p90
- $107,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.