State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Massachusetts, $78,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 12.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.5%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+15.5%
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
Massachusetts
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $78,620
- p25
- $63,800
- p75
- $114,150
- p10
- $51,120
- p90
- $150,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.