State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Arizona vs California
Accountants and Auditors in California earn a median of $97,050. In Arizona, $79,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.6%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-9.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $79,970
- p25
- $64,990
- p75
- $103,640
- p10
- $55,430
- p90
- $128,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
California
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $97,050
- p25
- $75,810
- p75
- $125,850
- p10
- $61,770
- p90
- $160,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -49%
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.