State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Montana
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Montana, $51,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.4% — not 80.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+80.7%
California vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+54.4%
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%
Montana
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $51,530
- p25
- $47,750
- p75
- $58,220
- p10
- $44,230
- p90
- $76,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.