State comparison · 2025
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators salary: California vs New Jersey
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in New Jersey earn a median of $95,690. In California, $91,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 4.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.1%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5.7%
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
New Jersey
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
- Median
- $95,690
- p25
- $76,170
- p75
- $107,450
- p10
- $61,780
- p90
- $129,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.