State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs Utah
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Utah, $82,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.1% — not 48.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.7%
New Jersey vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+35.1%
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
Utah
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $82,570
- p25
- $79,050
- p75
- $82,570
- p10
- $65,110
- p90
- $86,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.