State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Hawaii vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Hawaii, $74,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.9% — not 39.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.3%
Hawaii vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-39.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $74,570
- p25
- $63,230
- p75
- $92,400
- p10
- $53,790
- p90
- $116,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.