State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Minnesota vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Minnesota, $59,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.6%
Minnesota vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-9.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $59,200
- p25
- $44,250
- p75
- $76,870
- p10
- $36,520
- p90
- $95,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.