State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Tennessee, $81,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.2% — not 37.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.5%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-27.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $81,800
- p25
- $63,930
- p75
- $103,390
- p10
- $55,780
- p90
- $139,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.