State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Texas
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Texas, $47,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 47.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.6%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+29.4%
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
Texas
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $47,460
- p25
- $35,440
- p75
- $74,060
- p10
- $31,110
- p90
- $86,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.