State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: Rhode Island vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In Rhode Island, $57,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 13.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.5%
Rhode Island vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $57,680
- p25
- $52,000
- p75
- $59,790
- p10
- $52,000
- p90
- $62,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.