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State comparison · 2025

Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs Oregon

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Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Oregon, $60,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 91.9% — not 101.9%.

Nominal pay gap
+101.9%
New Jersey vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+91.9%
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
See full breakdown for New Jersey

Oregon

Music Directors and Composers

Median
$60,800
p25
$41,600
p75
$86,880
p10
$40,340
p90
$115,740
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.4
See full breakdown for Oregon

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.