State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: New Mexico vs South Carolina
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In South Carolina, $93,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.9% — not 55.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.4%
New Mexico vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+57.9%
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
South Carolina
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $93,680
- p25
- $67,390
- p75
- $128,050
- p10
- $57,910
- p90
- $143,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.