State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: New York vs Vermont
Tax Preparers in New York earn a median of $71,850. In Vermont, $54,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.3% — not 32.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.5%
New York vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+20.3%
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
Vermont
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $54,240
- p25
- $41,600
- p75
- $60,990
- p10
- $38,270
- p90
- $65,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.