State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Missouri
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Missouri, $61,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 43.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.4%
Colorado vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+26.3%
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
Missouri
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $61,670
- p25
- $48,030
- p75
- $82,030
- p10
- $44,990
- p90
- $113,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.