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Music Director and Composers Salary in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota

The annual salary statistics of music directors and composers in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota is shown in Table 1. The wage data of music directors and composers in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Music Directors and Composers in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$32,040
25th Percentile Wage	$35,210
50th Percentile Wage	$42,050
75th Percentile Wage	$62,570
90th Percentile Wage	$72,280

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for music directors and composers in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $72,280. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,050. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,040.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of music directors and composers from 2012 to 2015. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	3-Year Growth
2015	$42,050	-9.82%	-27.16%
2014	$46,180	-18.04%	-
2013	$54,510	1.91%	-
2012	$53,470	-	-

Table 2. Compare Music Director and Composers Salary in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area with Other Minnesota Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $42,050 in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is in the middle of salary range for music directors and composers in state of Minnesota. In comparison, the annual salary of music directors and composers in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is 17.0 percent (17.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Mankato-North Mankato and 14.1 percent (14.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Mankato-North Mankato	$50,660
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	$46,460
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	$46,220
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	$42,050
Rochester	$41,250
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	$36,130