State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: New Mexico vs Tennessee
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Tennessee, $81,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 77.4% — not 77.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+77.9%
New Mexico vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+77.4%
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
Tennessee
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $81,800
- p25
- $63,930
- p75
- $103,390
- p10
- $55,780
- p90
- $139,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.