State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Tax Examiners and Collectors in Arizona earn a median of $92,680. In Massachusetts, $75,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.9% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.7%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+28.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $92,680
- p25
- $65,000
- p75
- $113,900
- p10
- $53,900
- p90
- $124,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
Massachusetts
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $75,560
- p25
- $62,230
- p75
- $100,480
- p10
- $50,920
- p90
- $123,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.