State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Illinois, $49,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.3% — not 59.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-59.9%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-56.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $49,270
- p25
- $37,470
- p75
- $65,520
- p10
- $31,930
- p90
- $104,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.