State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Pennsylvania vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Pennsylvania, $61,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 8.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.2%
Pennsylvania vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-6.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
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.