State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In North Dakota, $75,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.1%
New Jersey vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+8.9%
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 Dakota
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $75,730
- p25
- $60,960
- p75
- $95,780
- p10
- $49,330
- p90
- $124,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- 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.