How much do Emergency Management Directors make in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Percentile spread

For Emergency Management Directors, the published 10th percentile is $62,350 and the 90th percentile is $172,600. The difference is $110,250, which is 84.8% 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 $89,120 to the 75th at $149,220, covers $60,100.

The mean annual wage is $124,080, which sits below the median of $130,020. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median is 39.3% higher than the national median of $93,330 for Emergency Management Directors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $113,898, which is 22% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 31.3% higher than the Florida median of $99,020.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 114.155, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $130,020 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Emergency Management Directors at $113,898 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Emergency Management Directors. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL ranks 1st of 4 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).).

• North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL is 146 miles away, with a median of $100,150 and employment of 30. That median is 23% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $97,787, against $113,898 here.
• Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL is 170 miles away, with a median of $93,190 and employment of 80. That median is 28.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $91,887, against $113,898 here.
• Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL is 188 miles away, with a median of $98,830 and employment of 80. That median is 24% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $97,958, against $113,898 here.

Employment share

Emergency Management Directors accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (200 of 2,819,940). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.82 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.