State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Alabama vs New York
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Alabama, $74,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-11.4%
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 York
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $102,640
- p25
- $79,760
- p75
- $134,820
- p10
- $63,700
- p90
- $171,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.