State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Texas, $65,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.1% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.9%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+27.1%
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
Texas
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $65,570
- p25
- $51,980
- p75
- $86,180
- p10
- $27,970
- p90
- $130,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.