State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: New Mexico vs Utah
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Utah, $84,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 84% — not 71.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.5%
New Mexico vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+84%
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
Utah
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $84,860
- p25
- $66,000
- p75
- $98,220
- p10
- $60,950
- p90
- $124,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.