State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Louisiana, $73,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 26.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.8%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-9.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $73,810
- p25
- $59,960
- p75
- $91,830
- p10
- $48,950
- p90
- $117,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -94%
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.