State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Minnesota vs New York
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Minnesota, $81,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.5%
Minnesota vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-13%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $81,600
- p25
- $68,190
- p75
- $105,020
- p10
- $58,280
- p90
- $138,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
New York
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $102,640
- p25
- $79,760
- p75
- $134,820
- p10
- $63,700
- p90
- $171,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.