State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Connecticut vs Illinois
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Connecticut earn a median of $59,970. In Illinois, $49,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.8% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
+21%
Connecticut vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+16.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $59,970
- p25
- $49,840
- p75
- $70,710
- p10
- $43,450
- p90
- $81,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
Illinois
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $49,560
- p25
- $42,680
- p75
- $60,130
- p10
- $32,360
- p90
- $71,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.