State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Kansas vs New York
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Kansas, $79,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
-23%
Kansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-7.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $79,000
- p25
- $62,960
- p75
- $100,650
- p10
- $52,960
- p90
- $129,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.