State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs New Jersey
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In New Jersey, $43,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.5% — not 61.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.3%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+58.5%
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
New Jersey
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $43,420
- p25
- $37,790
- p75
- $63,050
- p10
- $34,250
- p90
- $77,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.