State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In New Mexico, $78,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.3%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
New Mexico
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $78,580
- p25
- $63,290
- p75
- $99,090
- p10
- $52,390
- p90
- $125,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.