State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Illinois vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Illinois, $54,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.2% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.3%
Illinois vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-19.2%
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
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.