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State comparison · 2024

Music Directors and Composers salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey

Occupation

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
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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
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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.