State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Michigan, $78,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.8%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-11.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $78,820
- p25
- $63,850
- p75
- $101,030
- p10
- $52,620
- p90
- $131,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $100,830
- p25
- $80,320
- p75
- $129,280
- p10
- $65,710
- p90
- $167,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.