State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: New Mexico vs Texas
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Texas, $93,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 63.8% — not 55.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.6%
New Mexico vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+63.8%
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
Texas
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $93,570
- p25
- $69,920
- p75
- $130,620
- p10
- $58,320
- p90
- $163,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.