State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Missouri
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Missouri, $62,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 11.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.5%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
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
Missouri
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $62,780
- p25
- $35,580
- p75
- $98,630
- p10
- $31,400
- p90
- $124,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.