State comparison · 2025
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Massachusetts earn a median of $59,830. In West Virginia, $42,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 39.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.5%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+18%
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
West Virginia
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Median
- $42,890
- p25
- $36,450
- p75
- $49,520
- p10
- $30,890
- p90
- $58,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.