State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Tennessee, $76,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 31.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.2%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+10.8%
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%
Tennessee
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $76,840
- p25
- $62,430
- p75
- $94,790
- p10
- $49,920
- p90
- $122,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -76%
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.