State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Kentucky
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Kentucky, $36,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.8% — not 91.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+91.2%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+55.8%
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
Kentucky
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $36,620
- p25
- $27,900
- p75
- $61,240
- p10
- $21,750
- p90
- $80,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.