State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Hawaii vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Hawaii, $34,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.2% — not 48%.
Nominal pay gap
-48%
Hawaii vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-53.2%
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
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.