State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: New York vs Tennessee
Accountants and Auditors in New York earn a median of $102,640. In Tennessee, $76,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 33.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.6%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+13.8%
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%
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.