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Accountants and Auditors pay in District of Columbia and New Jersey
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Accountants and Auditors is $111,530 per year in District of Columbia. It is $100,830 per year in New Jersey. District of Columbia is 10.6% above New Jersey 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 42,250 in New Jersey. 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