State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Kentucky vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Kentucky, $36,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39% — not 49%.
Nominal pay gap
-49%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-39%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $36,620
- p25
- $27,900
- p75
- $61,240
- p10
- $21,750
- p90
- $80,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.