State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: New York vs Texas
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Texas, $47,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.2% — not 51.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.4%
New York vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+36.2%
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
Texas
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $47,460
- p25
- $35,440
- p75
- $74,060
- p10
- $31,110
- p90
- $86,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.