State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Michigan vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Michigan, $46,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.6% — not 35.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.4%
Michigan vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-27.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $46,400
- p25
- $40,220
- p75
- $61,660
- p10
- $29,600
- p90
- $77,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.