State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New York vs Rhode Island
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Rhode Island, $95,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 7.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.1%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+1.6%
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%
Rhode Island
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $95,820
- p25
- $76,400
- p75
- $120,280
- p10
- $59,920
- p90
- $150,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- 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.