State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts earn a median of $59,830. In Virginia, $51,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 15.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.9%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+10.8%
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
Virginia
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $51,620
- p25
- $44,420
- p75
- $62,230
- p10
- $36,610
- p90
- $72,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.