State comparison · 2025
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators salary: California vs Maryland
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in Maryland earn a median of $95,560. In California, $91,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 3.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.9%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
- Median
- $91,790
- p25
- $72,280
- p75
- $106,400
- p10
- $60,020
- p90
- $124,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
Maryland
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
- Median
- $95,560
- p25
- $72,240
- p75
- $114,920
- p10
- $53,190
- p90
- $135,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.