State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Florida vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Florida, $57,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.4% — not 52.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.9%
Florida vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-50.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $57,830
- p25
- $45,710
- p75
- $75,520
- p10
- $36,350
- p90
- $93,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.