State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Utah
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Utah, $82,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 7.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.1%
Colorado vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+2.8%
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
Utah
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $82,570
- p25
- $79,050
- p75
- $82,570
- p10
- $65,110
- p90
- $86,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.