State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts earn a median of $59,830. In South Dakota, $46,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.1% — not 29.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.1%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+8.1%
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 Dakota
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $46,340
- p25
- $39,370
- p75
- $52,000
- p10
- $35,730
- p90
- $59,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.