State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Kentucky
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Kentucky, $41,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 84.8% — not 111.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+111.3%
Colorado vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+84.8%
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
Kentucky
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $41,870
- p25
- $21,960
- p75
- $69,100
- p10
- $19,400
- p90
- $93,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.