State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Missouri vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Missouri, $61,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.8% — not 49.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.8%
Missouri vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-39.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $61,670
- p25
- $48,030
- p75
- $82,030
- p10
- $44,990
- p90
- $113,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.