State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Mississippi vs New York
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Mississippi, $68,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 33.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.7%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-17.7%
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 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.