State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Arkansas vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Arkansas, $35,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.4% — not 51.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.2%
Arkansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-39.4%
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
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.