State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Colorado, $71,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.9% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.1%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-19.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $71,600
- p25
- $65,840
- p75
- $80,720
- p10
- $59,300
- p90
- $112,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $94,280
- p25
- $81,730
- p75
- $99,670
- p10
- $81,590
- p90
- $99,670
- 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.