State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New Jersey vs Ohio
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Ohio, $79,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
New Jersey vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
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%
Ohio
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $79,320
- p25
- $63,020
- p75
- $102,230
- p10
- $52,140
- p90
- $131,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.