State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs New York
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In New York, $82,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 6.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.7%
Colorado vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+11.6%
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
New York
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $82,930
- p25
- $56,890
- p75
- $140,230
- p10
- $46,640
- p90
- $199,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -90%
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.