State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs Oregon
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
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
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.