Orchestra salaries

Top 10 U.S. orchestras, ranked by average minimum salaries for musicians:

• Chicago Symphony $145,860

• Los Angeles Philharmonic $143,260

• San Francisco Symphony $141,700

• New York Philharmonic $134,940

• Boston Symphony $132,028

• Philadelphia Orchestra $130,780

• Minnesota Orchestra $109,304*

• Dallas Symphony $90,800

• Detroit Symphony $80,880

*Under management's proposal, this figure would drop to $78,000.