State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in District of Columbia earn a median of $65,180. In Alabama, $44,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.5%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $44,640
- p25
- $36,390
- p75
- $50,680
- p10
- $30,460
- p90
- $60,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
District of Columbia
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $65,180
- p25
- $55,280
- p75
- $77,700
- p10
- $47,140
- p90
- $94,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.