State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Florida
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Florida, $57,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.4% — not 61%.
Nominal pay gap
+61%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+50.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Florida
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $57,830
- p25
- $45,710
- p75
- $75,520
- p10
- $36,350
- p90
- $93,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.