State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Iowa
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Iowa, $61,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 43.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.3%
Colorado vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+22%
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
Iowa
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $61,740
- p25
- $51,570
- p75
- $73,080
- p10
- $28,500
- p90
- $100,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.