State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Arkansas vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Arkansas, $35,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.2% — not 47.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.5%
Arkansas vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-40.2%
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
Utah
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $66,720
- p25
- $48,210
- p75
- $80,550
- p10
- $38,430
- p90
- $102,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.