How much do Emergency Management Directors make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Percentile spread

For Emergency Management Directors, the published 10th percentile is $81,410 and the 90th percentile is $196,970. The difference is $115,560, which is 91.3% 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 $98,670 to the 75th at $176,560, covers $77,890.

The mean annual wage is $134,620, which sits above the median of $126,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median is 35.6% higher than the national median of $93,330 for Emergency Management Directors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $116,907, which is 25.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.7% higher than the Massachusetts median of $123,250.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Massachusetts, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 108.266, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $126,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Emergency Management Directors at $116,907 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Emergency Management Directors. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ranks 2nd of 6 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).).

• Worcester, MA is 49 miles away, with a median of $133,690 and employment of 30. That median is 5.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $130,400, against $116,907 here.
• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $97,610 and employment of 40. That median is 22.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $95,910, against $116,907 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 97 miles away, with a median of $111,350 and employment of 110. That median is 12% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $108,374, against $116,907 here.

Employment share

Emergency Management Directors accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (160 of 2,703,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.68 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.