State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Iowa vs New York
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Iowa, $77,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.3% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.6%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-7.3%
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 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.