State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Alaska vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Alaska, $62,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 13.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.2%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
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
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.