State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Michigan
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Michigan, $59,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39% — not 48.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.9%
Colorado vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+39%
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
Michigan
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $59,400
- p25
- $43,710
- p75
- $78,260
- p10
- $36,700
- p90
- $125,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.