State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Alaska vs California
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Alaska, $62,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.7% — not 11%.
Nominal pay gap
-11%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-3.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $62,360
- p25
- $40,430
- p75
- $116,170
- p10
- $40,340
- p90
- $117,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.