State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Alabama vs California
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Alabama, $42,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.4% — not 54.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-54.6%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-43.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $42,250
- p25
- $35,870
- p75
- $60,080
- p10
- $27,850
- p90
- $62,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $93,090
- p25
- $66,810
- p75
- $126,430
- p10
- $48,600
- p90
- $175,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.