State comparison · 2025
Music Directors and Composers salary: New Jersey vs Wisconsin
Music Directors and Composers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,750. In Wisconsin, $78,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.9% — not 56%.
Nominal pay gap
+56%
New Jersey vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+34.9%
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
Wisconsin
Music Directors and Composers
- Median
- $78,690
- p25
- $56,850
- p75
- $105,860
- p10
- $43,630
- p90
- $177,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.