State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In South Carolina, $76,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 31.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.7%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+13.4%
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%
South Carolina
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $76,560
- p25
- $62,100
- p75
- $99,080
- p10
- $50,370
- p90
- $131,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.