State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Mississippi, $68,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 32.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.5%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-15.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $68,100
- p25
- $57,550
- p75
- $93,640
- p10
- $45,440
- p90
- $120,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.