State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Mississippi
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Mississippi, $62,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 49.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.6%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
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%
Mississippi
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $62,240
- p25
- $55,750
- p75
- $75,870
- p10
- $32,700
- p90
- $87,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.