State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Massachusetts, $58,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.6% — not 19.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.9%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+14.6%
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
Massachusetts
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $58,400
- p25
- $38,730
- p75
- $68,710
- p10
- $37,560
- p90
- $82,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.