State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Arizona vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Arizona, $79,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.7%
Arizona vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14.3%
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%
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.