State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Alabama vs Colorado
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Alabama, $42,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.5% — not 52.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.2%
Alabama vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-44.5%
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
Colorado
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $88,460
- p25
- $59,890
- p75
- $116,670
- p10
- $49,170
- p90
- $158,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.