How much do Music Directors and Composers make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Percentile spread

For Music Directors and Composers, the published 10th percentile is $56,890 and the 90th percentile is $215,470. The difference is $158,580, which is 161.9% 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 $58,400 to the 75th at $165,760, covers $107,360.

The mean annual wage is $120,330, which sits above the median of $97,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 32.9% higher than the national median of $73,710 for Music Directors and Composers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $87,036, which is 18.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.1% higher than the New York median of $82,930.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $97,970 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Music Directors and Composers at $87,036 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Music Directors and Composers. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 3rd of 13 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).).

• Trenton-Princeton, NJ is 57 miles away, with a median of $115,400 and employment of 30. That median is 17.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $111,843, against $87,036 here.
• Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 59 miles away, with a median of $61,670 and employment of 100. That median is 37.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,360, against $87,036 here.
• Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 83 miles away, with a median of $71,800 and employment of 40. That median is 26.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,823, against $87,036 here.

Employment share

Music Directors and Composers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (1,520 of 9,492,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,540 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.99 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.