State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Kansas vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Kansas, $47,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.2%
Kansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-21.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $47,300
- p25
- $35,950
- p75
- $66,710
- p10
- $30,980
- p90
- $99,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.