State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Rhode Island, $87,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.9% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.9%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-29.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $87,690
- p25
- $78,540
- p75
- $134,410
- p10
- $72,160
- p90
- $156,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.