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Accountants and Auditors pay in District of Columbia and Kansas
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Accountants and Auditors is $111,530 per year in District of Columbia. It is $79,000 per year in Kansas. District of Columbia is 41.2% above Kansas on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 9,810 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 13,610 in Kansas. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings