State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: California vs Oregon
Accountants and Auditors in California earn a median of $97,050. In Oregon, $85,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 13.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.1%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+5.7%
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%
Oregon
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $85,800
- p25
- $74,350
- p75
- $104,150
- p10
- $62,590
- p90
- $130,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.