Tax Preparers Salary in Roanoke, VA

Tax Preparers pay range in Roanoke

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,310 a year or less, while the top 10% make $86,180 or more. The middle half of tax preparers in Roanoke earn between $35,330 and $60,080.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Tax Preparers salary after taxes in Roanoke

On the average salary of $56,490, a single filer in Roanoke takes home about $45,136 a year, or $3,761 a month and $1,736 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Roanoke a good place for tax preparers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Roanoke area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.6), so the average $56,490 buys what about $60,341 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Roanoke ($47,140). A typical home costs $301,139, or 5.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Tax Preparers salary in other Virginia cities

Roanoke ranks 2nd of 3 Virginia metro areas for this job; Richmond pays the most ($64,780).

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Highest-paying cities for tax preparers

San Francisco, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($84,300).

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