State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: District of Columbia vs Virginia
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in District of Columbia earn a median of $65,180. In Virginia, $51,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 26.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.3%
District of Columbia vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+16.2%
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
Virginia
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $51,620
- p25
- $44,420
- p75
- $62,230
- p10
- $36,610
- p90
- $72,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.