State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Mississippi
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Mississippi, $50,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.6% — not 38.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.2%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+8.6%
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
Mississippi
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $50,670
- p25
- $34,360
- p75
- $76,670
- p10
- $29,140
- p90
- $88,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.