State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Alabama, $74,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9% — not 25.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.7%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-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%
New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $100,830
- p25
- $80,320
- p75
- $129,280
- p10
- $65,710
- p90
- $167,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.