State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In North Carolina, $82,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.9%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+6.5%
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%
North Carolina
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $82,050
- p25
- $65,120
- p75
- $108,090
- p10
- $53,610
- p90
- $146,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.