State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Iowa, $77,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.8% — not 23.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.2%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-4.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $77,440
- p25
- $62,090
- p75
- $98,150
- p10
- $51,420
- p90
- $123,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +17%
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.