State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Kentucky vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Kentucky, $36,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.8% — not 45.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.1%
Kentucky vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-39.8%
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
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.