State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Kansas vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Kansas, $47,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 29.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.1%
Kansas vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-22.2%
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
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.