State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Mississippi vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Mississippi, $50,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.5%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $50,670
- p25
- $34,360
- p75
- $76,670
- p10
- $29,140
- p90
- $88,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.