State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Alabama vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Alabama, $33,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.4% — not 50.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.1%
Alabama vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-44.4%
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
Utah
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $66,720
- p25
- $48,210
- p75
- $80,550
- p10
- $38,430
- p90
- $102,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.