The annual salary statistics of tax preparers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of tax preparers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $32,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $34,820 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,770 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $79,070 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $96,460 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for tax preparers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $96,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,770. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,460.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of tax preparers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $49,770 | -20.09% | 1.71% |
| 2021 | $59,770 | -13.43% | - |
| 2020 | $67,800 | 15.63% | - |
| 2019 | $57,200 | 7.83% | - |
| 2018 | $52,720 | -4.19% | - |
| 2017 | $54,930 | 10.94% | - |
| 2016 | $48,920 | 4.80% | - |
| 2015 | $46,570 | -5.05% | - |
| 2012 | $48,920 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,770 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for tax preparers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of tax preparers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 39.1 percent (39.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward and 53.7 percent (53.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Madera-Chowchilla.