State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Oklahoma
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Oklahoma, $54,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.9% — not 63.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.1%
Colorado vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+38.9%
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
Oklahoma
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $54,250
- p25
- $44,230
- p75
- $134,670
- p10
- $29,540
- p90
- $167,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.