State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Indiana vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Indiana, $77,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.6% — not 37.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.1%
Indiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-26.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $77,270
- p25
- $51,150
- p75
- $123,790
- p10
- $47,480
- p90
- $175,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.