State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Colorado vs Wisconsin
Music Directors and Composers in Colorado earn a median of $88,460. In Wisconsin, $78,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.6% — not 12.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.4%
Colorado vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+2.6%
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
Wisconsin
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $78,690
- p25
- $56,850
- p75
- $105,860
- p10
- $43,630
- p90
- $177,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.