State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Pennsylvania, $61,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 80% — not 100.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+100.7%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+80%
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
Pennsylvania
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $61,160
- p25
- $47,130
- p75
- $79,440
- p10
- $36,540
- p90
- $109,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.