State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Illinois vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Illinois, $54,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.2%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-18.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $54,480
- p25
- $38,120
- p75
- $62,910
- p10
- $33,030
- p90
- $76,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.