State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Montana
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Montana, $51,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.5% — not 71.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.7%
Colorado vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+57.5%
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
Montana
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $51,530
- p25
- $47,750
- p75
- $58,220
- p10
- $44,230
- p90
- $76,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.