State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Michigan vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Michigan, $46,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.5% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.5%
Michigan vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-28.5%
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
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.