How much do Emergency Management Directors make in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY?

Percentile spread

For Emergency Management Directors, the published 10th percentile is $52,190 and the 90th percentile is $149,120. The difference is $96,930, which is 117.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $64,990 to the 75th at $106,440, covers $41,450.

The mean annual wage is $95,220, which sits above the median of $82,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY median is 11.5% lower than the national median of $93,330 for Emergency Management Directors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $83,000, which is 11.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.7% lower than the New York median of $92,570.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 99.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $82,640 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Emergency Management Directors at $83,000 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Emergency Management Directors. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ranks 9th of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 104 miles away, with a median of $111,350 and employment of 110. That median is 34.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $108,374, against $83,000 here.
• Worcester, MA is 107 miles away, with a median of $133,690 and employment of 30. That median is 61.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $130,400, against $83,000 here.
• Syracuse, NY is 115 miles away, with a median of $97,960 and employment of 30. That median is 18.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $102,317, against $83,000 here.

Employment share

Emergency Management Directors accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY (120 of 449,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.08 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.