State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts earn a median of $59,830. In North Carolina, $47,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.8%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.3%
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
North Carolina
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $47,930
- p25
- $39,870
- p75
- $58,060
- p10
- $33,710
- p90
- $67,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.