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State comparison · 2025

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Louisiana vs Massachusetts

Occupation

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts earn a median of $59,830. In Louisiana, $44,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10% — not 25%.

Nominal pay gap
-25%
Louisiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-10%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Louisiana

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Median
$44,890
p25
$35,990
p75
$54,170
p10
$28,760
p90
$65,220
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
88.2
Hiring velocity (180d)
0%
See full breakdown for Louisiana

Massachusetts

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Median
$59,830
p25
$49,160
p75
$69,110
p10
$40,760
p90
$81,080
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
105.8
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.