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State comparison · 2025

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

Occupation

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts earn a median of $59,830. In Maine, $50,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 15.6%.

Nominal pay gap
-15.6%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Maine

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Median
$50,510
p25
$45,100
p75
$60,210
p10
$40,000
p90
$69,990
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
97.1
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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.