State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Maryland
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Maryland, $64,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.3% — not 44.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.8%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+37.3%
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%
Maryland
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $64,300
- p25
- $51,410
- p75
- $101,350
- p10
- $48,450
- p90
- $124,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.