Music Directors and Composers

Job Description: Conduct, direct, plan, and lead instrumental or vocal performances by musical groups, such as orchestras, bands, choirs, and glee clubs. Includes arrangers, composers, choral directors, and orchestrators.

Music Directors and Composers spend a lot of their time . They are naturally good at . Music Directors and Composers are typically characterized as being . They are usually very knowledgable about and are skilled at .

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New Jersey
$59,650  
 
California
$58,880  
 
Washington
$58,780  
 
Connecticut
$56,380  
 
District of Columbia
$55,720  
 
Maryland
$54,280  
 
Massachusetts
$53,480  
 
Michigan
$50,440  
 
Wisconsin
$50,120  
 
Rhode Island
$49,750  
 
Minnesota
$49,540  
 
Indiana
$49,430  
 
South Carolina
$49,290  
 
Wyoming
$49,030  
 
Alabama
$48,790  
 
Georgia
$48,610  
 
Texas
$48,410  
 
Illinois
$47,440  
 
New Hampshire
$46,760  
 
Louisiana
$46,480  
 
Pennsylvania
$45,090  
 
New York
$44,640  
 
Mississippi
$43,040  
 
Florida
$43,030  
 
Oregon
$42,870  
 
Arkansas
$42,690  
 
Kansas
$42,560  
 
Tennessee
$41,740  
 
New Mexico
$41,560  
 
Idaho
$41,380  
 
Ohio
$41,270  
 
Oklahoma
$39,650  
 
Nebraska
$39,640  
 
Arizona
$39,100  
 
Iowa
$39,050  
 
North Carolina
$37,660  
 
Virginia
$37,560  
 
Missouri
$37,550  
 
Hawaii
$33,190  
 
Utah
$32,490  
 
Colorado
$32,010  
 
Montana
$30,800  
 
Kentucky
$19,270  
 

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