State comparison · 2024
Tax Preparers salary: Idaho vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Idaho, $54,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.3%
Idaho vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-15.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $54,500
- p25
- $52,000
- p75
- $54,990
- p10
- $52,000
- p90
- $68,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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 2024. 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.