State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts earn a median of $59,830. In Mississippi, $42,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.8% — not 39.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.7%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+14.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Mississippi
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $42,840
- p25
- $34,890
- p75
- $51,080
- p10
- $28,210
- p90
- $62,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.