State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Georgia vs New Jersey
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
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.