State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Illinois, $80,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.4%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $80,230
- p25
- $66,290
- p75
- $102,270
- p10
- $54,510
- p90
- $131,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
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.