State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Georgia
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Georgia, $49,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 42%.
Nominal pay gap
+42%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+23.5%
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
Georgia
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $49,330
- p25
- $37,050
- p75
- $63,800
- p10
- $30,780
- p90
- $97,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.