State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Delaware vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Delaware, $51,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.8% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.1%
Delaware vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-22.8%
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
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.