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State comparison · 2025

Accountants and Auditors salary: Illinois vs Texas

Occupation

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%
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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%
See full breakdown for Texas

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.