SOC 27-2041 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025

How much do Music Directors and Composers make in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Music Directors and Composers in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $82,570. The 10th percentile is $81,510 and the 90th percentile is $82,570. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$82,570

10th percentile
$81,510
25th percentile
$81,510
Median
$82,570
75th percentile
$82,570
90th percentile
$82,570
Mean
$80,470

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Music Directors and Composers, the published 10th percentile is $81,510 and the 90th percentile is $82,570. The difference is $1,060, which is 1.3% 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 $81,510 to the 75th at $82,570, covers $1,060.

The mean annual wage is $80,470, which sits below the median of $82,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT median is 12% higher than the national median of $73,710 for Music Directors and Composers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,859, which is 11.1% 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 Utah median of $82,570.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 100.868, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $82,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Music Directors and Composers at $81,859 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (100 of 826,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,540 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.50 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT · Music Directors and Composers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Music Directors and Composers make in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Music Directors and Composers in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $82,570. The 10th percentile is $81,510 and the 90th percentile is $82,570. Employment is 100.

How does that compare with the national median for Music Directors and Composers?

The local median is 12% higher than the national median of $73,710.

What is Music Directors and Composers pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 100.868, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $82,570 is $81,859. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.