Projected Annual Budget

2003-04 Season

Boston Symphony

$70,747,000

Los Angeles Philharmonic

$66,066,000

Chicago Symphony

$62,052,000

San Francisco Symphony

$50,077,962

New York Philharmonic

$49,482,104

Philadelphia Orchestra

$38,401,000

Cleveland Orchestra

$36,147,000

Cincinnati Symphony

$31,935,653

Detroit Symphony

$31,515,000

Atlanta Symphony

$30,746,343

National Symphony

$29,961,939

Pittsburgh Symphony

$29,600,000

Minnesota Orchestra

$29,000,000

Baltimore Symphony

$24,481,273

Indianapolis Symphony

$24,135,000

Dallas Symphony

$22,906,000

Saint Louis Symphony

$21,800,000

Houston Symphony

$21,455,800

Utah Symphony

$17,672,507

Milwaukee Symphony

$17,442,000

Oregon Symphony

$14,340,005

New Jersey Symphony

$13,098,939

San Diego Symphony

$11,100,000

Columbus Symphony

$10,580,949

Colorado Symphony

$10,331,459

Fort Worth Symphony

$10,288,666

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

$10,218,625

Nashville Symphony

$9,900,000

Buffalo Philharmonic

$9,790,000

Kansas City Symphony

$9,126,050

North Carolina Symphony

$8,865,702

Phoenix Symphony

$8,541,480

Rochester Philharmonic

$8,100,000

Florida Orchestra

$7,442,015

Honolulu Symphony

$7,105,637

Louisville Orchestra

$6,802,000

Charlotte Symphony

$6,780,273

Jacksonville Symphony

$6,200,000

Syracuse Symphony

$5,683,000

Virginia Symphony

$5,193,104

Alabama Symphony

$4,571,800

Grant Park Symphony

$2,700,000

Average

$21,247,245

Median

$13,719,472

25th percentile

$8,622,536

75th percentile

$29,871,454

90th percentile

$48,373,994

Metropolitan Opera

$199,237,100 (orch: $19,087,775)

New York City Ballet Orchestra

$52,161,361 (orch: $7,863,801)

Chicago Lyric Opera

$46,828,000 (orch: $8,014,000)

New York City Opera

$34,500,000 (orch: $4,914,000)