State comparison · 2025
Choreographers salary: Alabama vs California
Choreographers in California earn a median of $75,000. In Alabama, $38,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.2% — not 48%.
Nominal pay gap
-48%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-35.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Choreographers
- Median
- $38,990
- p25
- $37,190
- p75
- $44,300
- p10
- $35,550
- p90
- $49,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Choreographers
- Median
- $75,000
- p25
- $51,020
- p75
- $101,740
- p10
- $42,990
- p90
- $138,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.