State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: Arizona vs Rhode Island
Tax Examiners and Collectors in Arizona earn a median of $92,680. In Rhode Island, $69,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 32.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.6%
Arizona vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+34.8%
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
Rhode Island
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $69,870
- p25
- $61,450
- p75
- $92,290
- p10
- $54,330
- p90
- $113,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.