State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Hawaii
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Hawaii, $74,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.6% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.6%
Colorado vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
+26.6%
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
Hawaii
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $74,570
- p25
- $63,230
- p75
- $92,400
- p10
- $53,790
- p90
- $116,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.