State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Florida
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Florida, $57,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.4% — not 53%.
Nominal pay gap
+53%
Colorado vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+53.4%
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
Florida
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $57,830
- p25
- $45,710
- p75
- $75,520
- p10
- $36,350
- p90
- $93,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.