State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Nevada
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Nevada, $60,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.7%
California vs Nevada
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
Nevada
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $60,000
- p25
- $46,630
- p75
- $99,500
- p10
- $41,900
- p90
- $99,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.