State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Oklahoma vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Oklahoma, $60,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.2% — not 53.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-53.4%
Oklahoma vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-43.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $60,990
- p25
- $48,330
- p75
- $84,160
- p10
- $39,580
- p90
- $106,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
Washington
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $130,780
- p25
- $108,740
- p75
- $158,160
- p10
- $94,020
- p90
- $184,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.