State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: California vs Wisconsin
Music Directors and Composers in California earn a median of $93,090. In Wisconsin, $78,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.3%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+0.6%
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%
Wisconsin
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $78,690
- p25
- $56,850
- p75
- $105,860
- p10
- $43,630
- p90
- $177,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.