State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Pennsylvania, $61,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 14.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.3%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+0.8%
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
Pennsylvania
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $61,270
- p25
- $39,020
- p75
- $81,450
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $103,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.