State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Arkansas vs California
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Arkansas, $35,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 50%.
Nominal pay gap
-50%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-36.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $35,040
- p25
- $29,530
- p75
- $41,600
- p10
- $28,990
- p90
- $66,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
California
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $70,030
- p25
- $47,420
- p75
- $84,890
- p10
- $38,910
- p90
- $104,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.