State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs North Dakota
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In North Dakota, $57,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.7%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-1.3%
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 Dakota
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $57,060
- p25
- $43,870
- p75
- $78,460
- p10
- $37,080
- p90
- $89,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.