State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Illinois vs Kentucky
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Illinois, $71,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.1% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
Illinois vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
-34.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $71,510
- p25
- $61,570
- p75
- $76,240
- p10
- $48,270
- p90
- $94,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
Kentucky
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $97,950
- p25
- $92,270
- p75
- $101,160
- p10
- $57,200
- p90
- $104,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.