State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Pennsylvania, $81,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.6% — not 37.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.6%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-31.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $81,550
- p25
- $62,350
- p75
- $103,220
- p10
- $54,800
- p90
- $135,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.