State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In North Carolina, $63,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 67.9% — not 93.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+93.7%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+67.9%
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
North Carolina
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $63,380
- p25
- $49,610
- p75
- $82,430
- p10
- $38,480
- p90
- $190,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.