State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors in New Jersey earn a median of $96,420. In Arkansas, $55,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.4% — not 42.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.8%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-28.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $55,140
- p25
- $38,410
- p75
- $77,940
- p10
- $30,840
- p90
- $85,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $96,420
- p25
- $73,350
- p75
- $121,880
- p10
- $56,820
- p90
- $144,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.