State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs New Mexico
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In New Mexico, $38,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.2% — not 84%.
Nominal pay gap
+84%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+53.2%
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 Mexico
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $38,060
- p25
- $28,900
- p75
- $46,450
- p10
- $27,250
- p90
- $60,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.