State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs South Dakota
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In South Dakota, $36,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 105.5% — not 139.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+139.1%
Colorado vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+105.5%
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 Dakota
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $36,990
- p25
- $31,340
- p75
- $37,710
- p10
- $30,930
- p90
- $38,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.