State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Delaware vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Delaware, $51,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 27.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.7%
Delaware vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-21.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $51,960
- p25
- $39,320
- p75
- $58,470
- p10
- $37,910
- p90
- $74,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.