State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Pennsylvania
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Pennsylvania, $61,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 44.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.6%
Colorado vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+36.9%
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
Pennsylvania
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $61,160
- p25
- $47,130
- p75
- $79,440
- p10
- $36,540
- p90
- $109,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.