State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Missouri vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Missouri, $62,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 12.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.6%
Missouri vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+3.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $62,780
- p25
- $35,580
- p75
- $98,630
- p10
- $31,400
- p90
- $124,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.