State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs South Carolina
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In South Carolina, $49,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 61.1% — not 77.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+77.3%
Colorado vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+61.1%
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
South Carolina
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $49,890
- p25
- $46,160
- p75
- $55,910
- p10
- $17,730
- p90
- $91,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.