State comparison · 2025
Emergency Management Directors salary: Texas vs Washington
Emergency Management Directors in Washington earn a median of $130,780. In Texas, $93,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.5%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-21.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Emergency Management Directors
- Median
- $93,570
- p25
- $69,920
- p75
- $130,620
- p10
- $58,320
- p90
- $163,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.