State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Maryland vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Maryland, $47,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.6% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.5%
Maryland vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-33.6%
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
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.