State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Maryland vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Maryland, $47,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.8% — not 34.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.6%
Maryland vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-32.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $47,020
- p25
- $42,190
- p75
- $61,570
- p10
- $37,700
- p90
- $69,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.