State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Kentucky, $75,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10% — not 25.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.3%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-10%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $75,270
- p25
- $61,040
- p75
- $96,780
- p10
- $50,750
- p90
- $121,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.