How much do Music Directors and Composers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Percentile spread

For Music Directors and Composers, the published 10th percentile is $58,540 and the 90th percentile is $158,390. The difference is $99,850, which is 107.3% 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 $76,040 to the 75th at $113,340, covers $37,300.

The mean annual wage is $103,350, which sits above the median of $93,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 26.3% higher than the national median of $73,710 for Music Directors and Composers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,970, which is 11.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the California median of $93,090.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $93,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Music Directors and Composers at $81,970 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Music Directors and Composers. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $74,270 and employment of 170. That median is 20.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,379, against $81,970 here.

Employment share

Music Directors and Composers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (1,280 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,540 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.53 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.