State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Rhode Island, $95,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 5.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.2%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-1.1%
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%
Rhode Island
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $95,820
- p25
- $76,400
- p75
- $120,280
- p10
- $59,920
- p90
- $150,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.