State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: California vs Nevada
Accountants and Auditors in California earn a median of $97,050. In Nevada, $81,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.9%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+7.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Nevada
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $81,600
- p25
- $68,190
- p75
- $103,640
- p10
- $58,630
- p90
- $128,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.