State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Michigan
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Michigan, $59,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.2% — not 56.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.7%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+36.2%
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%
Michigan
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $59,400
- p25
- $43,710
- p75
- $78,260
- p10
- $36,700
- p90
- $125,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.