State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: District of Columbia vs South Dakota
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in District of Columbia earn a median of $65,180. In South Dakota, $46,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 40.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.7%
District of Columbia vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+13.4%
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
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.