State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts earn a median of $59,830. In Alabama, $44,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.1% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.4%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-11.1%
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
Massachusetts
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $59,830
- p25
- $49,160
- p75
- $69,110
- p10
- $40,760
- p90
- $81,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.