State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Texas
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Texas, $65,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.5% — not 42%.
Nominal pay gap
+42%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+24.5%
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%
Texas
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $65,570
- p25
- $51,980
- p75
- $86,180
- p10
- $27,970
- p90
- $130,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.