State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Alabama vs California
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Alabama, $33,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.8% — not 52.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.5%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-40.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $33,280
- p25
- $25,080
- p75
- $36,540
- p10
- $23,290
- p90
- $48,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $70,030
- p25
- $47,420
- p75
- $84,890
- p10
- $38,910
- p90
- $104,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.