State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Michigan, $59,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.3% — not 51.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.6%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-45.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $59,400
- p25
- $43,710
- p75
- $78,260
- p10
- $36,700
- p90
- $125,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.