State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs Texas
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Texas, $65,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 67.1% — not 87.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+87.2%
New Jersey vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+67.1%
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
Texas
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $65,570
- p25
- $51,980
- p75
- $86,180
- p10
- $27,970
- p90
- $130,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
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.