State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Iowa, $61,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.7% — not 49.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.7%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-37.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $61,740
- p25
- $51,570
- p75
- $73,080
- p10
- $28,500
- p90
- $100,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.