State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs North Carolina
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In North Carolina, $48,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.9% — not 45.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.5%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+23.9%
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
North Carolina
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $48,130
- p25
- $43,820
- p75
- $72,840
- p10
- $35,480
- p90
- $97,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.