State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Delaware vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Delaware, $95,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 5.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.8%
Delaware vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
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%
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.