Tax Preparers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Tax Preparers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$50,560

National average

Salary Range

$30,500 – $96,240

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Tax Preparers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$83,600$44,740$119,770
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$83,240$43,200$119,790
Alaska$77,010$42,940$88,010
Anchorage, AK$77,010$42,940$108,840
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$76,260$35,820$123,760
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$74,670$36,250$102,220
St. Cloud, MN$73,550$35,240$128,020
New York$73,230$38,110$109,930
California$73,210$36,250$102,290
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$71,990$38,400$109,210
Great Falls, MT$71,710$37,250$163,280
Montana$71,370$43,300$99,160
Billings, MT$71,370$47,390$95,360
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$68,160$32,800$96,560
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$67,360$31,110$98,740
Pittsburgh, PA$66,940$32,990$101,960
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$66,750$33,220$99,560
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$66,560$35,780$133,880
Minnesota$65,530$35,780$132,190
Mankato, MN$65,530$36,960$103,760
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$65,240$47,860$100,730
Medford, OR$64,790$37,860$72,570
Boulder, CO$64,170$38,380$98,410
Lincoln, NE$63,960$32,020$75,690
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$63,580$29,640$63,580
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$63,290$37,260$98,100
Colorado$62,860$37,350$93,590
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$62,860$45,200$94,320
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$62,670$32,640$105,960
Amarillo, TX$62,490$30,070$88,440
Cheyenne, WY$62,460$33,910$89,220
Richmond, VA$62,340$33,180$108,130
Cedar Rapids, IA$61,840$32,400$96,620
Florence, SC$61,820$21,470$99,520
Fresno, CA$61,560$35,260$78,120
Harrisonburg, VA$61,560$32,400$108,790
Texas$61,510$29,680$96,700
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$61,480$34,830$90,160
Midland, TX$61,410$29,100$102,240
Duluth, MN-WI$61,310$32,220$121,590
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$60,930$40,080$78,750
Waco, TX$60,730$29,710$77,790
Ithaca, NY$60,470$34,290$84,140
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$60,420$35,040$82,990
Wyoming$60,340$40,500$89,990
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$60,150$36,510$89,790
Fargo, ND-MN$60,080$36,300$84,080
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$59,750$24,960$105,720
Naples-Marco Island, FL$59,440$32,420$100,590
Virginia$59,220$29,920$108,000
North Dakota$59,130$36,300$82,570
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$58,950$40,540$79,630
Colorado Springs, CO$58,910$33,850$88,550
Massachusetts$58,720$36,100$88,480
Utah$58,660$38,730$100,110
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$58,080$33,030$101,660
Bismarck, ND$58,050$36,600$81,960
Ocala, FL$57,960$27,120$103,490
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$57,960$27,810$96,440
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$57,840$36,650$115,180
Roanoke, VA$57,700$30,040$95,840
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$57,650$26,720$71,880
Iowa$57,440$33,480$97,770
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$57,440$35,250$85,650
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$57,440$34,820$138,080
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$57,410$34,720$114,780
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$57,260$36,510$98,470
Lynchburg, VA$57,240$30,310$110,550
Syracuse, NY$57,160$34,240$103,590
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$57,130$31,470$99,990
Barnstable Town, MA$57,060$35,640$86,820
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$57,020$37,290$97,190
Rochester, NY$57,010$34,820$100,890
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$56,990$35,190$77,050
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$56,890$35,040$87,710
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$56,660$33,450$93,390
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$56,610$31,170$95,360
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$56,520$34,240$82,970
New Jersey$56,440$35,220$73,070
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$56,200$47,670$98,130
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$56,090$24,960$97,190
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$56,070$34,820$70,270
Rhode Island$56,070$47,840$58,240
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$56,040$35,680$102,350
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$54,900$26,160$106,770
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$54,610$32,090$80,190
Topeka, KS$54,600$37,610$101,700
Idaho$54,500$52,000$68,240
Vermont$54,240$38,270$65,820
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$53,940$33,690$79,320
Grand Junction, CO$53,890$35,620$83,860
Kansas City, MO-KS$53,460$35,700$98,390
Portland-South Portland, ME$51,240$49,090$65,400
Maine$51,240$39,500$62,500
South Dakota$51,060$38,620$75,680
Ohio$50,760$37,480$62,590
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$50,630$35,780$155,680
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$50,560$40,830$85,320
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$50,080$28,160$79,910
Punta Gorda, FL$50,000$28,410$96,150
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$49,880$30,930$68,730
Corpus Christi, TX$49,850$28,820$85,420
Cleveland, OH$49,750$38,470$62,650
St. George, UT$49,640$36,880$83,700
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$49,500$30,570$97,040
Puerto Rico$49,500$30,570$98,350
Oregon$49,220$39,890$82,620
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$49,120$38,310$72,800
Omaha, NE-IA$49,020$31,030$81,360
Nebraska$49,020$29,870$75,690
Connecticut$48,950$38,150$79,630
Jacksonville, FL$48,940$28,460$91,550
Florida$48,790$25,170$91,270
Port St. Lucie, FL$48,760$29,780$90,510
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$48,740$28,460$84,400
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$48,660$35,950$97,720
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$48,600$25,170$88,460
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$48,500$29,730$93,480
Bend, OR$48,300$39,320$102,500
Bangor, ME$48,160$37,440$62,500
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,060$34,520$76,550
Eugene-Springfield, OR$47,990$37,440$77,940
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$47,850$37,440$91,270
Lancaster, PA$47,840$36,150$86,180
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$47,810$37,170$57,230
North Carolina$47,700$29,900$80,510
Rapid City, SD$47,650$38,420$73,140
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,650$29,610$81,570
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$47,570$29,200$55,450
Ogden, UT$47,530$37,000$98,620
Santa Fe, NM$47,460$30,430$47,460
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$47,360$33,260$83,670
Pennsylvania$47,340$27,510$99,990
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$47,090$37,060$108,950
Asheville, NC$47,050$28,000$80,510
Winston-Salem, NC$47,040$35,060$68,420
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$46,980$28,230$76,320
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$46,960$28,090$73,920
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$46,890$29,160$88,250
Michigan$46,870$28,420$88,250
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$46,780$29,590$58,830
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$46,730$34,340$65,810
New Hampshire$46,650$31,730$84,630
Wilmington, NC$46,640$37,110$77,880
Tyler, TX$46,620$28,950$93,200
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$46,610$29,080$81,720
Manchester-Nashua, NH$46,590$31,730$79,430
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$46,580$38,670$72,310
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$46,570$26,970$82,750
Eau Claire, WI$46,530$28,430$86,390
Reno, NV$46,450$30,110$77,940
Indiana$46,430$29,690$65,180
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$46,340$34,520$63,190
Reading, PA$46,320$26,700$93,040
Hawaii$46,170$31,370$79,900
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$46,170$36,850$60,850
Flint, MI$46,060$26,900$63,890
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$46,030$32,250$98,110
Wisconsin$46,010$29,540$77,580
Green Bay, WI$45,980$29,700$65,780
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$45,790$34,840$81,940
Logan, UT-ID$45,770$35,760$80,550
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$45,720$33,040$74,120
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$45,700$37,800$71,640
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$45,700$26,880$80,450
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$45,510$24,070$81,650
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$45,390$38,480$75,450
Washington$45,120$37,300$74,700
Maryland$45,080$34,720$95,850
St. Louis, MO-IL$44,990$35,590$98,870
Utica-Rome, NY$44,950$33,720$64,460
Urban Honolulu, HI$44,920$29,630$79,600
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$44,880$35,900$99,080
Burlington, NC$44,880$24,380$79,340
Columbia, SC$44,870$23,700$75,860
Kansas$44,810$29,120$96,390
Vallejo, CA$44,750$36,720$88,680
Fayetteville, NC$44,720$27,120$79,120
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$44,550$32,000$71,460
Salinas, CA$44,530$36,540$118,970
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$44,520$36,140$82,940
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$44,300$35,020$96,240
Madison, WI$44,300$33,170$90,500
Chico, CA$44,070$34,520$103,310
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$43,740$27,560$75,040
Wichita, KS$43,720$23,010$80,500
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$43,710$38,280$100,410
Arizona$43,710$35,110$99,320
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$43,660$29,540$62,550
Stockton-Lodi, CA$43,540$34,590$105,260
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$43,330$24,890$77,030
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$43,270$26,590$99,650
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,200$26,810$64,170
Greensboro-High Point, NC$43,150$21,300$98,200
Erie, PA$42,990$29,760$86,350
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$42,400$27,250$77,220
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$42,370$32,360$117,760
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$42,370$37,040$68,640
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$42,340$22,250$50,900
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$42,340$30,090$65,340
Missouri$42,280$31,090$93,080
Jacksonville, NC$42,250$29,360$75,150
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$42,240$36,150$66,750
Delaware$42,110$27,560$64,790
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$41,870$29,990$74,610
Georgia$41,780$29,990$65,380
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$41,600$37,440$65,820
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$41,600$29,350$60,830
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$41,600$24,890$61,850
Nevada$41,480$28,860$93,350
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$41,480$28,860$93,350
Janesville-Beloit, WI$41,110$27,240$79,140
El Paso, TX$40,680$27,790$80,580
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$40,370$24,960$77,180
Redding, CA$39,950$36,190$76,270
San Angelo, TX$39,680$29,160$81,680
Bellingham, WA$39,630$38,070$74,960
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$39,520$29,710$97,980
Tulsa, OK$39,360$28,460$77,930
Lexington-Fayette, KY$39,360$21,280$81,370
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$39,230$36,750$66,750
Illinois$39,220$31,090$81,570
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$38,990$28,450$59,550
Tucson, AZ$38,960$33,910$89,600
Kennewick-Richland, WA$38,840$36,950$75,380
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$38,640$27,760$73,710
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$38,620$21,780$70,360
Fort Wayne, IN$38,610$29,140$60,430
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$38,580$28,010$71,880
Lubbock, TX$38,520$28,270$82,480
Yakima, WA$38,480$36,160$67,180
Guam$38,460$30,040$55,630
Merced, CA$38,420$35,150$93,310
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$38,420$28,240$78,340
Spartanburg, SC$38,270$26,940$72,950
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$38,260$30,890$62,290
Evansville, IN$38,250$27,620$61,490
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$38,110$34,630$82,990
New Mexico$38,070$27,660$62,820
Albuquerque, NM$38,070$27,660$65,140
Oklahoma City, OK$37,890$27,630$77,240
Oklahoma$37,860$26,140$73,430
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,760$30,210$62,400
Terre Haute, IN$37,610$27,120$57,590
South Carolina$37,550$23,600$81,160
Louisiana$37,430$23,470$64,260
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$37,380$24,330$78,270
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,320$27,340$63,780
Binghamton, NY$37,240$31,200$64,920
Yuma, AZ$37,100$30,370$71,450
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$37,050$28,550$67,220
Vineland, NJ$36,900$33,280$64,930
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$36,900$30,210$61,400
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$36,760$28,030$57,080
College Station-Bryan, TX$36,660$29,410$68,980
Jonesboro, AR$36,620$29,120$90,920
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$36,540$35,560$78,810
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$36,530$28,700$80,820
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,180$27,560$36,720
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$36,160$32,400$72,800
Arkansas$36,070$27,810$77,020
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,060$28,080$74,680
Knoxville, TN$36,030$27,120$72,220
Fort Smith, AR-OK$35,930$27,700$100,240
Yuba City, CA$35,880$35,740$100,450
Kentucky$35,830$18,780$70,360
Bowling Green, KY$35,820$17,460$51,900
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,780$23,360$71,300
Warner Robins, GA$35,710$28,130$63,660
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$35,690$27,210$71,720
Chattanooga, TN-GA$35,680$26,760$66,020
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,680$27,040$63,420
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,680$27,740$36,910
Tennessee$35,640$26,200$81,010
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,630$17,680$43,200
Lake Charles, LA$35,430$21,840$55,890
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$35,040$22,480$61,070
Clarksville, TN-KY$35,000$18,420$53,780
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$34,990$25,880$59,690
El Centro, CA$34,940$33,280$62,470
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$34,690$29,380$91,070
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$34,600$23,410$89,370
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$34,560$27,110$61,490
Killeen-Temple, TX$34,370$27,960$60,970
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$34,320$30,010$45,280
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$34,320$29,540$44,920
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$33,980$23,890$63,700
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$33,900$27,550$72,790
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$33,670$22,110$61,690
Alabama$33,490$29,130$44,810
Mobile, AL$33,490$29,630$44,810
Mississippi$33,390$27,440$63,830
Jackson, MS$33,330$29,620$58,720
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$33,260$23,860$61,720
Laredo, TX$33,120$24,180$59,010
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$32,140$22,190$50,040
Odessa, TX$31,910$27,790$64,120
Charleston, WV$30,940$21,730$86,250
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$30,840$22,070$47,840
West Virginia$30,470$20,630$76,320
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$30,410$21,410$52,850
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$30,240$27,190$61,490
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$30,190$27,960$52,330
Sumter, SC$30,110$29,430$58,150
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$29,320$28,790$63,250
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$28,790$22,040$41,600
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$27,810$25,920$61,490
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$27,220$25,440$69,970
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$26,030$16,590$43,200
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$26,010$21,780$43,200

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Tax Preparers make?

The median annual salary for a Tax Preparers is $50,560, with a typical range of $30,500 – $96,240 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Tax Preparers?

Entry-level Tax Preparers positions typically start around $30,500 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Tax Preparerss earn the most?

Tax Preparerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.