State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Virginia, $93,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 8.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.1%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+0.4%
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%
Virginia
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $93,290
- p25
- $74,250
- p75
- $123,510
- p10
- $60,000
- p90
- $156,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- 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.