State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Illinois, $71,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.2%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-17.5%
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
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.