State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Accountants and Auditors in District of Columbia earn a median of $111,530. In Alabama, $74,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.9%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-16.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $74,880
- p25
- $60,840
- p75
- $95,870
- p10
- $50,240
- p90
- $123,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -24%
District of Columbia
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $111,530
- p25
- $83,050
- p75
- $156,730
- p10
- $71,470
- p90
- $185,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -3%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.