State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Alabama vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Alabama, $33,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.7% — not 53.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-53.7%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-43.7%
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
New York
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $71,850
- p25
- $57,030
- p75
- $101,070
- p10
- $39,010
- p90
- $125,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.