State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Colorado vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Colorado, $62,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.1%
Colorado vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-10%
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
Utah
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $66,720
- p25
- $48,210
- p75
- $80,550
- p10
- $38,430
- p90
- $102,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.