State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Maryland, $89,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 11.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.4%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $89,370
- p25
- $73,100
- p75
- $116,420
- p10
- $59,760
- p90
- $156,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -76%
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.