State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Tennessee
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Tennessee, $36,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 58.8% — not 91.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+91.3%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+58.8%
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
Tennessee
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $36,600
- p25
- $29,500
- p75
- $59,120
- p10
- $27,770
- p90
- $77,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.