State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors in New Jersey earn a median of $96,420. In Kentucky, $57,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.4% — not 40.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.6%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-28.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $57,240
- p25
- $46,820
- p75
- $67,230
- p10
- $42,000
- p90
- $74,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $96,420
- p25
- $73,350
- p75
- $121,880
- p10
- $56,820
- p90
- $144,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.