State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: New Mexico vs West Virginia
Emergency Management Directors in New Mexico earn a median of $145,550. In West Virginia, $60,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 133.7% — not 140.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+140.7%
New Mexico vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+133.7%
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
West Virginia
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $60,460
- p25
- $49,990
- p75
- $75,690
- p10
- $36,630
- p90
- $97,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.