State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: New Mexico vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In New Mexico, $38,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.8% — not 43%.
Nominal pay gap
-43%
New Mexico vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-38.8%
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
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.