State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Maryland, $64,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.7% — not 47.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.6%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-45.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $64,300
- p25
- $51,410
- p75
- $101,350
- p10
- $48,450
- p90
- $124,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.