State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs Oklahoma
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Oklahoma, $54,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 82.6% — not 126.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+126.3%
New Jersey vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+82.6%
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
Oklahoma
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $54,250
- p25
- $44,230
- p75
- $134,670
- p10
- $29,540
- p90
- $167,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.