State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Pennsylvania, $79,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 29.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.9%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $102,640
- p25
- $79,760
- p75
- $134,820
- p10
- $63,700
- p90
- $171,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
Pennsylvania
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $79,000
- p25
- $62,330
- p75
- $99,990
- p10
- $50,680
- p90
- $130,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.