State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts earn a median of $59,830. In South Carolina, $47,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.8%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10.5%
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
South Carolina
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $47,940
- p25
- $39,810
- p75
- $58,240
- p10
- $33,370
- p90
- $68,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.