State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Pennsylvania, $61,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.2% — not 52.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.2%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+34.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $61,160
- p25
- $47,130
- p75
- $79,440
- p10
- $36,540
- p90
- $109,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.