State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts earn a median of $59,830. In New Jersey, $58,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 2.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+2.6%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+5.5%
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
New Jersey
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $58,300
- p25
- $48,400
- p75
- $67,270
- p10
- $41,000
- p90
- $78,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.