State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Connecticut vs South Dakota
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Connecticut earn a median of $59,970. In South Dakota, $46,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.4%
Connecticut vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+10.7%
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
South Dakota
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $46,340
- p25
- $39,370
- p75
- $52,000
- p10
- $35,730
- p90
- $59,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.