State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs North Carolina
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In North Carolina, $63,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 39.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.6%
Colorado vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+27.7%
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
North Carolina
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $63,380
- p25
- $49,610
- p75
- $82,430
- p10
- $38,480
- p90
- $190,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.