State comparison · 2025
Accountants and Auditors salary: Texas vs Washington
Accountants and Auditors in Washington earn a median of $96,550. In Texas, $80,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.6% — not 16.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.2%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $80,920
- p25
- $65,560
- p75
- $103,760
- p10
- $53,380
- p90
- $132,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
Washington
Accountants and Auditors
- Median
- $96,550
- p25
- $79,180
- p75
- $122,480
- p10
- $66,330
- p90
- $152,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.