State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Virginia, $59,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 93.2% — not 107.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+107.9%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+93.2%
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
Virginia
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $59,050
- p25
- $48,510
- p75
- $92,150
- p10
- $42,910
- p90
- $130,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.