SOC 13-2082 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

How much do Tax Preparers make in Barnstable Town, MA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Tax Preparers in Barnstable Town, MA is $56,960. The 10th percentile is $37,490 and the 90th percentile is $76,770. Employment is 60.

Median annual wage

$56,960

10th percentile
$37,490
25th percentile
$38,120
Median
$56,960
75th percentile
$61,410
90th percentile
$76,770
Mean
$55,120

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Tax Preparers, the published 10th percentile is $37,490 and the 90th percentile is $76,770. The difference is $39,280, which is 69.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $38,120 to the 75th at $61,410, covers $23,290.

The mean annual wage is $55,120, which sits below the median of $56,960. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Barnstable Town, MA median is 3.7% higher than the national median of $54,920 for Tax Preparers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,915, which is 5.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.5% lower than the Massachusetts median of $58,400.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Barnstable Town, MA is 98.351, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $56,960 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tax Preparers at $57,915 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Tax Preparers. Barnstable Town, MA ranks 5th of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $57,680 and employment of 420. That median is 1.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,675, against $57,915 here.
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 71 miles away, with a median of $59,630 and employment of 1,110. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,077, against $57,915 here.
  • Manchester-Nashua, NH is 115 miles away, with a median of $52,570 and employment of 90. That median is 7.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,755, against $57,915 here.

Employment share

Tax Preparers accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Barnstable Town, MA (60 of 94,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (76,480 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.30 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Tax Preparers make in Barnstable Town, MA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Tax Preparers in Barnstable Town, MA is $56,960. The 10th percentile is $37,490 and the 90th percentile is $76,770. Employment is 60.

How does that compare with the national median for Tax Preparers?

The local median is 3.7% higher than the national median of $54,920.

What is Tax Preparers pay in Barnstable Town, MA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Barnstable Town, MA is 98.351, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $56,960 is $57,915. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Barnstable Town, MA compare with nearby metros for Tax Preparers?

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 58 miles away, at $57,680. Barnstable Town, MA ranks 5th of 9 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.