State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Kentucky
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Kentucky, $41,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 81.2% — not 122.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+122.3%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+81.2%
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%
Kentucky
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $41,870
- p25
- $21,960
- p75
- $69,100
- p10
- $19,400
- p90
- $93,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.