Music Directors and Composers Salary

$68,275National Average

$41,540 - $114,290Salary Range

54Metro Areas

Music Directors and Composers Salaries by Location

Location	Median Salary	Mean Salary	Employment
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CTCT	$114,290	$110,590	40
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PAPA	$104,000	$79,700	50
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJNY	$97,980	$124,070	1,050
Trenton-Princeton, NJNJ	$96,430	$123,400	50
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WAWA	$94,020	$84,660	30
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CACA	$92,930	$110,320	480
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CTCT	$91,440	$134,190	40
Colorado Springs, COCO	$86,740	$87,890	30
Oklahoma City, OKOK	$82,490	$93,000	50
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAWA	$78,300	$86,280	250
Chattanooga, TN-GATN	$78,070	$74,140	30
Salt Lake City-Murray, UTUT	$78,010	$77,690	80
Urban Honolulu, HIHI	$77,440	$86,630	100
Madison, WIWI	$76,810	$79,720	50
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLFL	$75,230	$87,210	180
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHMA	$74,910	$87,720	200
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CACA	$74,780	$80,050	50
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CACA	$73,780	$90,130	100
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, ININ	$73,370	$89,180	110
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVDC	$73,230	$89,110	280
Medford, OROR	$72,080	$73,780	30
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NYNY	$72,030	$75,100	100
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CACA	$71,420	$103,600	1,160
Syracuse, NYNY	$70,300	$109,490	90
Pittsburgh, PAPA	$69,330	$70,020	70
Rochester, NYNY	$66,290	$81,680	230
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CACA	$64,200	$77,810	170
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCNC	$64,040	$66,540	60
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, COCO	$62,670	$78,590	40
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAOR	$62,400	$69,170	250
Cleveland, OHOH	$62,060	$76,120	80
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WIMN	$61,830	$99,670	60
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAGA	$61,270	$72,530	N/A
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CACA	$60,640	$88,170	50
Columbus, OHOH	$60,390	$65,560	60
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NYNY	$59,780	$95,790	80
Eugene-Springfield, OROR	$59,470	$93,200	80
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDPA	$59,010	$71,950	190
St. Louis, MO-ILMO	$58,640	$64,910	50
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IAIA	$58,370	$67,130	80
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDMD	$57,740	$77,710	110
Jacksonville, FLFL	$57,180	$64,530	40
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FLFL	$54,990	$58,680	160
Salem, OROR	$54,640	$75,300	30
Richmond, VAVA	$54,110	$66,980	50
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NYNY	$54,070	$98,710	110
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FLFL	$53,860	$60,390	N/A
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXTX	$51,380	$88,470	210
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXTX	$49,880	$76,730	140
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NCVA	$47,840	$54,040	80
Cincinnati, OH-KY-INOH	$47,690	$59,890	90
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INIL	$46,730	$64,600	440
Fresno, CACA	$44,720	$59,210	40
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIMI	$41,540	$51,180	100