State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Colorado vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Colorado, $62,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 12.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.8%
Colorado vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-8.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $62,620
- p25
- $43,380
- p75
- $75,260
- p10
- $37,790
- p90
- $97,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
New York
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $71,850
- p25
- $57,030
- p75
- $101,070
- p10
- $39,010
- p90
- $125,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.