State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: New York vs Tennessee
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Tennessee, $36,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 67.2% — not 96.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+96.3%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+67.2%
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
Tennessee
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $36,600
- p25
- $29,500
- p75
- $59,120
- p10
- $27,770
- p90
- $77,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.