State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Accountants and Auditors in District of Columbia earn a median of $111,530. In Delaware, $95,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.2% — not 14.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.8%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-6.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $95,020
- p25
- $74,270
- p75
- $120,450
- p10
- $60,500
- p90
- $132,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
District of Columbia
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $111,530
- p25
- $83,050
- p75
- $156,730
- p10
- $71,470
- p90
- $185,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -3%
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.