State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Indiana
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Indiana, $77,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.5% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.5%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+1.5%
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%
Indiana
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $77,270
- p25
- $51,150
- p75
- $123,790
- p10
- $47,480
- p90
- $175,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.