State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Maine
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Maine, $47,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.3% — not 48.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.5%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+30.3%
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
Maine
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $47,150
- p25
- $44,190
- p75
- $52,370
- p10
- $38,800
- p90
- $63,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.