State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Oklahoma, $42,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.1% — not 64%.
Nominal pay gap
+64%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+30.1%
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
Oklahoma
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $42,700
- p25
- $29,530
- p75
- $50,840
- p10
- $26,720
- p90
- $82,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.