State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Colorado, $97,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 3.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.8%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+1.6%
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%
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.