Emergency Management Directors Salary — Richmond, Virginia

The average Emergency Management Directors in Richmond, Virginia earns $100,860 a year.

$100,860 / year, mean
↓ 11.5% below national average 50th percentile in Virginia

Richmond sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Virginia — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's noticeably below the national average for emergency management directors, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
110
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.6%
Cost of living 98 #76 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1524 #67 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $397,705 #53 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $84,405 #39 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Richmond ranks #76 for cost of living and #53 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $189,540 San Francisco $163,310 Seattle $152,060 Los Angeles $141,660 Riverside $138,880 Jacksonville $132,160 San Diego $130,730 Portland $129,930 Buffalo $129,250 Miami $124,080 New York $121,350 Baltimore $119,410 Sacramento $116,640 Houston $115,530 Beaumont $115,130 Austin $112,090 Philadelphia $111,900 Syracuse $110,510 Virginia Beach $110,170 Detroit $110,130 Tallahassee $110,010 Dallas $108,130 Tampa $102,030 Richmond $100,860 Chicago $100,660 Orlando $100,150 Rochester $99,960 San Antonio $97,690 Albany $95,220 Sarasota $93,130 Allentown $92,670 Pittsburgh $90,000 Harrisburg $86,700 Louisville $81,680
CityMean salaryvs. Richmond
Albany, New York$95,220-5.6%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$92,670-8.1%
Austin, Texas$112,090+11.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$119,410+18.4%
Beaumont, Texas$115,130+14.1%
Buffalo, New York$129,250+28.1%
Chicago, Illinois$100,660-0.2%
Dallas, Texas$108,130+7.2%
Detroit, Michigan$110,130+9.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$86,700-14.0%
Houston, Texas$115,530+14.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$132,160+31.0%
Los Angeles, California$141,660+40.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$81,680-19.0%
Miami, Florida$124,080+23.0%
New York, New York$121,350+20.3%
Sarasota, Florida$93,130-7.7%
Orlando, Florida$100,150-0.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$111,900+10.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$90,000-10.8%
Portland, Oregon$129,930+28.8%
Riverside, California$138,880+37.7%
Rochester, New York$99,960-0.9%
Sacramento, California$116,640+15.6%
San Antonio, Texas$97,690-3.1%
San Diego, California$130,730+29.6%
San Francisco, California$163,310+61.9%
San Jose, California$189,540+87.9%
Seattle, Washington$152,060+50.8%
Syracuse, New York$110,510+9.6%
Tallahassee, Florida$110,010+9.1%
Tampa, Florida$102,030+1.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$110,170+9.2%
Gross salary
100,860/yr
Estimated take-home
74,800/yr
Est. total withheld
25.8%

Single filer, federal + Virginia state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 11-9161 SOC code
Official area Richmond, VA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 40060 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: va_tax_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
1,327,321