Education Analysis

Education Requirements for Tax Preparers

Does degree level affect salary? Based on education data in DOL PERM (green card) filings.

Salary by Education Level

What the Data Shows

For Tax Preparers positions, filings requiring a Master's degree carried an average declared salary of $104,502 versus $81,275 for those requiring a Bachelor's - a premium of +28.6%. Across all certified filings with a stated education level, 30.3% accepted a Bachelor's degree as the minimum requirement.

Education vs Salary

Education LevelAverage SalaryFilings% of Total
Master's$104,502721.2%
Bachelor's$81,2751030.3%
High School$44,178824.2%
Associate's$41,71839.1%
None$34,211412.1%
Other$23,56613%

Education by Top Employer

EmployerMost Common Minimum% Bachelor's% Master'sMedian Salary
GRACE WILLIAMS CPA PC N/A N/A N/A N/A
TRITECH CORPORATION N/A N/A N/A $41,028
Yin Lu CPA PC Bachelor's 100% 0% $32,947
Pupilo Agency, Inc High School 0% 0% $38,168
SIMKIN CPA, LLC N/A N/A N/A $42,000
Deloitte Tax LLP Bachelor's 60% 40% $83,635
KVB PARTNERS INC N/A N/A N/A $38,875
SOUTHWEST BUSINESS CONSULTANTS, INC. N/A N/A N/A $47,840
YIN LU CPA, P.C. N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sasserath & Zoraian LLP N/A N/A N/A $27,227
XP TAX ACCOUNTING SERVICES LLC None 0% 0% $29,494
Wm. Stukey & Associates, LLC Master's 0% 100% $49,162
TRITECH SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CORP. N/A N/A N/A $36,000
Steven E Miller CPA PC N/A N/A N/A $37,960
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS FLORIDA LLC N/A N/A N/A N/A
DAO CPA PC N/A N/A N/A $32,000
Miller Kaplan Arase LLP N/A N/A N/A $70,000
APICELLA, TESTA & COMPANY, P.C. N/A N/A N/A N/A
JWC Tax and Financial Solutions, Inc. High School 0% 0% $53,810
ALEXEY 27 FINANCIAL SERVICES INC N/A N/A N/A N/A