How much do Music Directors and Composers make in Colorado Springs, CO?

Percentile spread

For Music Directors and Composers, the published 10th percentile is $56,870 and the 90th percentile is $157,220. The difference is $100,350, which is 95.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $59,890 to the 75th at $119,960, covers $60,070.

The mean annual wage is $97,300, which sits below the median of $104,690. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Colorado Springs, CO median is 42% higher than the national median of $73,710 for Music Directors and Composers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $103,955, which is 41% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.3% higher than the Colorado median of $88,460.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Colorado Springs, CO is 100.707, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $104,690 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Music Directors and Composers at $103,955 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Music Directors and Composers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Music Directors and Composers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Colorado Springs, CO (40 of 316,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,540 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.57 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.