State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In District of Columbia, $84,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.2% — not 5.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.3%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+12.2%
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
District of Columbia
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $84,040
- p25
- $77,740
- p75
- $131,260
- p10
- $39,310
- p90
- $159,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.