State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Maryland
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Maryland, $64,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.1% — not 37.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.6%
Colorado vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+40.1%
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
Maryland
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $64,300
- p25
- $51,410
- p75
- $101,350
- p10
- $48,450
- p90
- $124,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.