State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Accountants and Auditors in District of Columbia earn a median of $111,530. In Arkansas, $66,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.8% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.5%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-24.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $66,330
- p25
- $52,570
- p75
- $88,950
- p10
- $45,810
- p90
- $119,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -82%
District of Columbia
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $111,530
- p25
- $83,050
- p75
- $156,730
- p10
- $71,470
- p90
- $185,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -3%
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.