State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Minnesota
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Minnesota, $59,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.3%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+5.4%
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
Minnesota
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $59,200
- p25
- $44,250
- p75
- $76,870
- p10
- $36,520
- p90
- $95,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.