State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: New Mexico vs Virginia
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In Virginia, $99,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 59.8% — not 45.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.8%
New Mexico vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+59.8%
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
Virginia
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $99,860
- p25
- $79,420
- p75
- $132,530
- p10
- $67,190
- p90
- $179,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.