State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Illinois vs New York
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Illinois, $80,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.8%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-15.7%
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 York
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $102,640
- p25
- $79,760
- p75
- $134,820
- p10
- $63,700
- p90
- $171,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.