State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors in New Jersey earn a median of $96,420. In Alabama, $58,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.2% — not 39.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.7%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-26.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $58,100
- p25
- $40,590
- p75
- $79,340
- p10
- $35,160
- p90
- $107,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $96,420
- p25
- $73,350
- p75
- $121,880
- p10
- $56,820
- p90
- $144,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.