Tax Preparers Salary — Bend, Oregon

The average Tax Preparers in Bend, Oregon earns $65,260 a year.

$65,260 / year, mean
↑ 2.0% above national average 86th percentile in Oregon

Bend pays well above most of Oregon for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for tax preparers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Oregon

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
80
Estimate confidence
RSE 5.2%
Cost of living 104 #30 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2419 #180 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $672,286 #14 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $85,509 #37 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Bend ranks #30 for cost of living and #14 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $84,300 San Jose $83,550 Waco $76,430 New York $75,620 Santa Rosa $71,350 San Diego $69,700 Philadelphia $68,730 Salinas $68,190 Los Angeles $68,140 Stockton $67,450 Portland $67,300 Syracuse $67,190 Modesto $66,970 Sacramento $66,850 Amarillo $66,640 Pittsburgh $66,620 Rochester $66,390 Santa Cruz $66,290 Buffalo $65,310 Bend $65,260 Sebastian $65,170 Medford $64,840 Richmond $64,780 Albany $64,260 Kiryas Joel $64,260 Bakersfield $64,110 San Luis Obispo $63,830 Oxnard $63,350 Vallejo $63,330 Erie $62,440 Eugene $62,030 Redding $62,010 Salem $61,810 Albany $61,760 Lancaster $61,510 Naples $60,890 Harrisburg $60,600 Sarasota $59,610 Austin $59,540 Lansing $59,390 Punta Gorda $58,890 Louisville $58,460 Grand Rapids $58,340 Fresno $58,150 Houston $58,040 Fort Myers $57,980 Dallas $57,780 Binghamton $57,650 El Paso $57,650 Tampa $57,610 Lafayette $57,300 Ocala $56,950 Midland $56,800 Jacksonville $56,730 Roanoke $56,490 Baltimore $56,150 College Station $56,100 Detroit $55,770 Charleston $55,360 Chicago $55,160 Lakeland $54,630 Virginia Beach $54,340 Deltona $54,160 Fort Wayne $53,670 Tyler $53,490 Orlando $53,420 Tallahassee $53,420 Port St. Lucie $52,300 Indianapolis $51,910 Seattle $51,860 Corpus Christi $51,660 Palm Bay $51,460 Lexington $51,390 Chico $50,860 Grants Pass $50,260 Sherman $49,810 Miami $49,190 Kennewick $49,050 Dover $48,880 Scranton $48,190 Lubbock $48,000 Evansville $47,700 McAllen $47,000 Brownsville $46,690 Spokane $46,190 Bellingham $45,850 Atlantic City $45,550 Terre Haute $44,220 Killeen $42,140 Vineland $41,930 Bowling Green $40,280 Huntington $38,490
CityMean salaryvs. Bend
Albany, Oregon$61,760-5.4%
Albany, New York$64,260-1.5%
Amarillo, Texas$66,640+2.1%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$45,550-30.2%
Austin, Texas$59,540-8.8%
Bakersfield, California$64,110-1.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$56,150-14.0%
Bellingham, Washington$45,850-29.7%
Binghamton, New York$57,650-11.7%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$40,280-38.3%
Brownsville, Texas$46,690-28.5%
Buffalo, New York$65,310+0.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$57,980-11.2%
Charleston, West Virginia$55,360-15.2%
Chicago, Illinois$55,160-15.5%
Chico, California$50,860-22.1%
College Station, Texas$56,100-14.0%
Corpus Christi, Texas$51,660-20.8%
Dallas, Texas$57,780-11.5%
Deltona, Florida$54,160-17.0%
Detroit, Michigan$55,770-14.5%
Dover, Delaware$48,880-25.1%
El Paso, Texas$57,650-11.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$62,440-4.3%
Eugene, Oregon$62,030-4.9%
Evansville, Indiana$47,700-26.9%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$53,670-17.8%
Fresno, California$58,150-10.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$58,340-10.6%
Grants Pass, Oregon$50,260-23.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$60,600-7.1%
Houston, Texas$58,040-11.1%
Huntington, West Virginia$38,490-41.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$51,910-20.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$56,730-13.1%
Kennewick, Washington$49,050-24.8%
Killeen, Texas$42,140-35.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$64,260-1.5%
Lafayette, Indiana$57,300-12.2%
Lakeland, Florida$54,630-16.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$61,510-5.7%
Lansing, Michigan$59,390-9.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$51,390-21.3%
Los Angeles, California$68,140+4.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$58,460-10.4%
Lubbock, Texas$48,000-26.4%
McAllen, Texas$47,000-28.0%
Medford, Oregon$64,840-0.6%
Miami, Florida$49,190-24.6%
Midland, Texas$56,800-13.0%
Modesto, California$66,970+2.6%
Naples, Florida$60,890-6.7%
New York, New York$75,620+15.9%
Sarasota, Florida$59,610-8.7%
Ocala, Florida$56,950-12.7%
Orlando, Florida$53,420-18.1%
Oxnard, California$63,350-2.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$51,460-21.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$68,730+5.3%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$66,620+2.1%
Portland, Oregon$67,300+3.1%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$52,300-19.9%
Punta Gorda, Florida$58,890-9.8%
Redding, California$62,010-5.0%
Richmond, Virginia$64,780-0.7%
Roanoke, Virginia$56,490-13.4%
Rochester, New York$66,390+1.7%
Sacramento, California$66,850+2.4%
Salem, Oregon$61,810-5.3%
Salinas, California$68,190+4.5%
San Diego, California$69,700+6.8%
San Francisco, California$84,300+29.2%
San Jose, California$83,550+28.0%
San Luis Obispo, California$63,830-2.2%
Santa Cruz, California$66,290+1.6%
Santa Rosa, California$71,350+9.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$48,190-26.2%
Seattle, Washington$51,860-20.5%
Sebastian, Florida$65,170-0.1%
Sherman, Texas$49,810-23.7%
Spokane, Washington$46,190-29.2%
Stockton, California$67,450+3.4%
Syracuse, New York$67,190+3.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$53,420-18.1%
Tampa, Florida$57,610-11.7%
Terre Haute, Indiana$44,220-32.2%
Tyler, Texas$53,490-18.0%
Vallejo, California$63,330-3.0%
Vineland, New Jersey$41,930-35.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$54,340-16.7%
Waco, Texas$76,430+17.1%
Gross salary
65,260/yr
Estimated take-home
49,958/yr
Est. total withheld
23.4%

Single filer, federal + Oregon state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Bend

These notes add local color around Bend, Oregon: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 13-2082 SOC code
Official area Bend, OR BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 13460 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: or_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Oregon

Population (metro area)
253,650