State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Connecticut vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Connecticut, $41,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.4% — not 42.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.8%
Connecticut vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-40.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $41,130
- p25
- $36,840
- p75
- $60,660
- p10
- $35,740
- p90
- $81,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.