State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New Jersey vs Wisconsin
Accountants and Auditors in New Jersey earn a median of $100,830. In Wisconsin, $79,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
+27%
New Jersey vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+9.8%
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%
Wisconsin
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $79,400
- p25
- $65,000
- p75
- $100,800
- p10
- $58,340
- p90
- $127,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.