State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Montana, $51,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.7% — not 58%.
Nominal pay gap
-58%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-51.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $51,530
- p25
- $47,750
- p75
- $58,220
- p10
- $44,230
- p90
- $76,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.