State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Kentucky vs New York
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Kentucky, $75,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.3% — not 26.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.7%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-12.3%
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 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.