State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Ohio
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Ohio, $61,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 51.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.7%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+27.1%
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%
Ohio
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $61,380
- p25
- $49,670
- p75
- $81,360
- p10
- $40,350
- p90
- $121,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.