State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Alaska vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Alaska, $62,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 6.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.5%
Alaska vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-9.7%
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
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.