State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Oklahoma, $54,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.1% — not 71.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.6%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+36.1%
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%
Oklahoma
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $54,250
- p25
- $44,230
- p75
- $134,670
- p10
- $29,540
- p90
- $167,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.