The annual salary statistics of music directors and composers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of music directors and composers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $42,470 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $90,060 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $138,210 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $161,960 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for music directors and composers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $161,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $90,060. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $42,470.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of music directors and composers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $90,060 | 32.98% | 45.27% |
| 2021 | $60,360 | 15.47% | - |
| 2020 | $51,020 | -16.70% | - |
| 2019 | $59,540 | 17.18% | - |
| 2018 | $49,310 | 2.96% | - |
| 2017 | $47,850 | -3.01% | - |
| 2016 | $49,290 | -9.62% | - |
| 2015 | $54,030 | 8.77% | - |
| 2012 | $49,290 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $90,060, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is the second highest paying city for music directors and composers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $91,740). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of music directors and composers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 1.8 percent (1.8%) lower.