State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Tennessee, $79,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.2% — not 54.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.1%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+30.2%
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
Tennessee
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $79,640
- p25
- $18,600
- p75
- $99,900
- p10
- $18,520
- p90
- $117,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.