State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs New York
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In New York, $82,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.8% — not 48%.
Nominal pay gap
+48%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+46.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
New York
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $82,930
- p25
- $56,890
- p75
- $140,230
- p10
- $46,640
- p90
- $199,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -90%
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.