Accountants and Auditors
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 490.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of accountants and auditors in Amherst Town earn more.
$84,390 in Amherst Town buys what $84,200 buys across the country as a whole.
Amherst Town's regional price parity is 100.2 — almost exactly the national average — the nominal figure is close to the real one here, which is not true of most large metros. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Amherst Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | $100,150 | $92,500 | 108.3 | +9.9% |
| Barnstable Town | $96,110 | $97,700 | 98.4 | +16.1% |
| Worcester | $94,070 | $91,800 | 102.5 | +9.0% |
| Springfield | $92,010 | $95,800 | 96.1 | +13.8% |
| Pittsfield | $84,640 | $89,000 | 95.1 | +5.7% |
| Amherst Town This page | $84,390 | $84,200 | 100.2 | — |
Price parity and difference against Amherst Town are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 490 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 13-2011, Accountants and Auditors. Mapped to our taxonomy as accountants-and-auditors.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.