State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Alabama, $42,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.8% — not 65.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-65.6%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-57.8%
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
New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $122,750
- p25
- $99,410
- p75
- $171,070
- p10
- $67,690
- p90
- $205,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.