State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Pennsylvania, $81,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 88.9% — not 78.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+78.5%
New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+88.9%
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
Pennsylvania
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $81,550
- p25
- $62,350
- p75
- $103,220
- p10
- $54,800
- p90
- $135,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.