State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: District of Columbia vs Illinois
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in District of Columbia earn a median of $65,180. In Illinois, $49,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.7% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.5%
District of Columbia vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+19.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $65,180
- p25
- $55,280
- p75
- $77,700
- p10
- $47,140
- p90
- $94,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.