State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Vermont
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Vermont, $54,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 29.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.1%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+14.3%
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
Vermont
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $54,240
- p25
- $41,600
- p75
- $60,990
- p10
- $38,270
- p90
- $65,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.