State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Oklahoma vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Oklahoma, $42,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.9% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
-36%
Oklahoma vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-27.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $42,700
- p25
- $29,530
- p75
- $50,840
- p10
- $26,720
- p90
- $82,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.