State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Colorado vs New York
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Colorado, $97,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 5.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.5%
Colorado vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-1.1%
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 York
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $102,640
- p25
- $79,760
- p75
- $134,820
- p10
- $63,700
- p90
- $171,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.