State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Alaska, $83,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-12.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $83,460
- p25
- $72,230
- p75
- $102,460
- p10
- $57,690
- p90
- $125,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.