State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: New Mexico vs Rhode Island
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Rhode Island, $87,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 84.2% — not 66%.
Nominal pay gap
+66%
New Mexico vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+84.2%
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
Rhode Island
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $87,690
- p25
- $78,540
- p75
- $134,410
- p10
- $72,160
- p90
- $156,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.