State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Alaska vs New York
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Alaska, $83,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.7%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-14.3%
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 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.