State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs Ohio
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Ohio, $61,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 70.6% — not 100%.
Nominal pay gap
+100%
New Jersey vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+70.6%
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
Ohio
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $61,380
- p25
- $49,670
- p75
- $81,360
- p10
- $40,350
- p90
- $121,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.