State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Pennsylvania, $61,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.3%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Pennsylvania
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $61,270
- p25
- $39,020
- p75
- $81,450
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $103,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.