State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts earn a median of $59,830. In Tennessee, $48,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.9% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.2%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+7.9%
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
Tennessee
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $48,180
- p25
- $40,330
- p75
- $58,460
- p10
- $35,000
- p90
- $67,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.