State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Oregon
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Oregon, $60,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.9% — not 45.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.5%
Colorado vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+45.9%
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
Oregon
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $60,800
- p25
- $41,600
- p75
- $86,880
- p10
- $40,340
- p90
- $115,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.