State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Kansas
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Kansas, $47,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.5% — not 48.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.1%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+20.5%
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
Kansas
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $47,300
- p25
- $35,950
- p75
- $66,710
- p10
- $30,980
- p90
- $99,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.