State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Arkansas, $66,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.2%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-17.6%
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%
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.