State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Indiana vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Indiana, $45,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.4% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.4%
Indiana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-26.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $45,710
- p25
- $38,250
- p75
- $61,660
- p10
- $27,190
- p90
- $86,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.