State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Georgia
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Georgia, $67,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.1% — not 31.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.8%
Colorado vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+23.1%
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
Georgia
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $67,100
- p25
- $60,540
- p75
- $90,880
- p10
- $19,900
- p90
- $123,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.