State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Connecticut
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Connecticut, $77,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 14.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.8%
Colorado vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $88,460
- p25
- $59,890
- p75
- $116,670
- p10
- $49,170
- p90
- $158,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
Connecticut
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $77,070
- p25
- $56,180
- p75
- $119,990
- p10
- $46,430
- p90
- $207,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.