State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Accountants and Auditors in District of Columbia earn a median of $111,530. In Colorado, $97,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.3% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
-13%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-7.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $97,030
- p25
- $74,900
- p75
- $127,270
- p10
- $60,760
- p90
- $162,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.