State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Mississippi, $62,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.6% — not 49.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.3%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-36.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $62,240
- p25
- $55,750
- p75
- $75,870
- p10
- $32,700
- p90
- $87,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.