Real Salary Index

Best states for accountants and auditors

The best states for accountants and auditors start with the national median wage of $89,370. Once federal tax, state income tax and local housing costs are applied, that salary is worth $180,663 in Puerto Rico and only $69,016 in California.

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Puerto Rico — top ranked

After-tax income $84,139 · cost index 0.47

National median wage

$89,370

Best state

Puerto Rico

Weakest state

California

Real pay spread

$111,647

Federal effective rate

12.8%

States compared

52

Ranked

Real purchasing power for accountants and auditors, by state

Median wage after federal and state income tax, divided by a local cost-of-living index built from rent and home values.

  1. 1
    Puerto Rico0.0% state tax$180,663
  2. 2
    South Dakota0.0% state tax$94,980
  3. 3
    North Dakota1.9% state tax$92,465
  4. 4
    Arkansas3.9% state tax$92,450
  5. 5
    Louisiana3.0% state tax$92,104
  6. 6
    Iowa3.8% state tax$91,691
  7. 7
    Tennessee0.0% state tax$91,585
  8. 8
    Mississippi4.7% state tax$91,545
  9. 9
    Wyoming0.0% state tax$90,774
  10. 10
    Oklahoma4.8% state tax$90,563
  11. 11
    Alabama4.7% state tax$89,618
  12. 12
    Kentucky4.0% state tax$89,039
  13. 13
    West Virginia4.8% state tax$88,813
  14. 14
    Nebraska5.2% state tax$87,809
  15. 15
    Missouri4.8% state tax$87,544
  16. 16
    Kansas5.6% state tax$87,436
  17. 17
    Ohio3.5% state tax$87,050
  18. 18
    Indiana3.0% state tax$86,998
  19. 19
    Texas0.0% state tax$86,690
  20. 20
    New Mexico4.9% state tax$86,115
  21. 21
    North Carolina4.5% state tax$84,594
  22. 22
    Nevada0.0% state tax$84,157
  23. 23
    Wisconsin5.3% state tax$83,981
  24. 24
    Michigan4.3% state tax$83,182
  25. 25
    Pennsylvania3.1% state tax$83,195
  26. 26
    South Carolina6.4% state tax$83,158
  27. 27
    Montana5.9% state tax$82,881
  28. 28
    Idaho5.8% state tax$82,245
  29. 29
    Alaska0.0% state tax$82,200
  30. 30
    Georgia5.4% state tax$81,974
  31. 31
    Florida0.0% state tax$81,361
  32. 32
    Arizona2.5% state tax$81,176
  33. 33
    New Hampshire0.0% state tax$80,775
  34. 34
    Utah4.5% state tax$80,662
  35. 35
    Maine7.2% state tax$79,583
  36. 36
    Illinois5.0% state tax$79,393
  37. 37
    Vermont6.6% state tax$79,388
  38. 38
    Delaware5.5% state tax$78,932
  39. 39
    Washington0.0% state tax$78,625
  40. 40
    Minnesota7.0% state tax$78,414
  41. 41
    Virginia5.0% state tax$78,445
  42. 42
    Rhode Island4.8% state tax$77,780
  43. 43
    Colorado4.4% state tax$77,525
  44. 44
    Connecticut5.5% state tax$76,082
  45. 45
    Maryland5.3% state tax$75,334
  46. 46
    Massachusetts5.0% state tax$74,994
  47. 47
    Oregon8.8% state tax$73,230
  48. 48
    New York6.0% state tax$72,596
  49. 49
    New Jersey5.5% state tax$72,423
  50. 50
    District of Columbia7.0% state tax$70,409
  51. 51
    Hawaii7.9% state tax$69,587
  52. 52
    California8.0% state tax$69,016

Wages are national medians: this shows where the same salary goes furthest, not where employers pay more.

How the Real Salary Index works

We start from the BLS national median wage, subtract an effective federal income tax estimate and the state's income tax rate, then divide the result by a cost-of-living index built from state median gross rent and median home value against the national average.

The output is the salary's real purchasing power, and the 0–100 RSI score simply ranks every state between the weakest and strongest result for that occupation.

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