State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Massachusetts, $58,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.1% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.7%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-17.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $58,400
- p25
- $38,730
- p75
- $68,710
- p10
- $37,560
- p90
- $82,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.