State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Indiana
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Indiana, $77,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.6% — not 14.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.5%
Colorado vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+3.6%
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
Indiana
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $77,270
- p25
- $51,150
- p75
- $123,790
- p10
- $47,480
- p90
- $175,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.