State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Hawaii vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Hawaii, $34,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.6% — not 51.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.7%
Hawaii vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-52.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $34,720
- p25
- $29,990
- p75
- $44,710
- p10
- $29,120
- p90
- $69,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.