State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Illinois
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Illinois, $49,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 74.1% — not 79.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+79.5%
Colorado vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+74.1%
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
Illinois
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $49,270
- p25
- $37,470
- p75
- $65,520
- p10
- $31,930
- p90
- $104,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.