State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Connecticut, $97,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 3.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.3%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+1.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $97,550
- p25
- $78,020
- p75
- $123,670
- p10
- $64,230
- p90
- $156,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.