State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: New Mexico vs New York
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In New Mexico, $38,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38% — not 47%.
Nominal pay gap
-47%
New Mexico vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-38%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $38,060
- p25
- $28,900
- p75
- $46,450
- p10
- $27,250
- p90
- $60,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.