State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: California vs Wyoming
Tax Preparers in California earn a median of $70,030. In Wyoming, $57,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.8%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+1.1%
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
Wyoming
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $57,990
- p25
- $47,470
- p75
- $87,240
- p10
- $37,830
- p90
- $92,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.