State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Massachusetts vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Massachusetts, $58,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 12.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.5%
Massachusetts vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-18.2%
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
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.