State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Ohio
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Ohio, $61,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.7% — not 44.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.1%
Colorado vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+29.7%
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
Ohio
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $61,380
- p25
- $49,670
- p75
- $81,360
- p10
- $40,350
- p90
- $121,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.