State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Illinois vs Texas
Accountants and Auditors in Texas earn a median of $80,920. In Illinois, $80,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.7% — not 0.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.9%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-3.7%
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%
Texas
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $80,920
- p25
- $65,560
- p75
- $103,760
- p10
- $53,380
- p90
- $132,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.