State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Arizona vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Arizona, $44,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.2% — not 37.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.7%
Arizona vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-33.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $44,770
- p25
- $41,690
- p75
- $77,320
- p10
- $36,970
- p90
- $104,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.