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State comparison · 2025

Music Directors and Composers salary: Georgia vs New Jersey

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Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Georgia, $67,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.2% — not 45.3%.

Nominal pay gap
-45.3%
Georgia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-38.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Georgia

Music Directors and Composers

Median
$67,100
p25
$60,540
p75
$90,880
p10
$19,900
p90
$123,530
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
96.3
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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
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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.