State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Tennessee
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Tennessee, $79,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1% — not 11.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.1%
Colorado vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
-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
Tennessee
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $79,640
- p25
- $18,600
- p75
- $99,900
- p10
- $18,520
- p90
- $117,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.