State comparison · 2024
Music Directors and Composers salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Kentucky, $41,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.9% — not 65.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-65.9%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-58.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $41,870
- p25
- $21,960
- p75
- $69,100
- p10
- $19,400
- p90
- $93,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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 2024. 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.