State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Delaware
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Delaware, $51,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 34.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.8%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+21.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Delaware
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $51,960
- p25
- $39,320
- p75
- $58,470
- p10
- $37,910
- p90
- $74,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.