State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Georgia vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Georgia, $49,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.1% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.3%
Georgia vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-23.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $49,330
- p25
- $37,050
- p75
- $63,800
- p10
- $30,780
- p90
- $97,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.