State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Mississippi
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Mississippi, $62,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.9% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.1%
Colorado vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+19.9%
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
Mississippi
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $62,240
- p25
- $55,750
- p75
- $75,870
- p10
- $32,700
- p90
- $87,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.