State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Virginia
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Virginia, $59,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.9% — not 49.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.8%
Colorado vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+46.9%
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
Virginia
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $59,050
- p25
- $48,510
- p75
- $92,150
- p10
- $42,910
- p90
- $130,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.