State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Connecticut, $77,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.1% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.2%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-34.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $77,070
- p25
- $56,180
- p75
- $119,990
- p10
- $46,430
- p90
- $207,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $122,750
- p25
- $99,410
- p75
- $171,070
- p10
- $67,690
- p90
- $205,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.