State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In South Carolina, $49,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 111.9% — not 146%.
Nominal pay gap
+146%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+111.9%
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
South Carolina
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $49,890
- p25
- $46,160
- p75
- $55,910
- p10
- $17,730
- p90
- $91,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.