State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Missouri vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Missouri, $62,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.5% — not 5.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.9%
Missouri vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+2.5%
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
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.