State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Indiana vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Indiana, $45,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.4% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.5%
Indiana vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-27.4%
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
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.