State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Iowa vs Kentucky
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Iowa, $79,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.3%
Iowa vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
-17%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $79,090
- p25
- $46,420
- p75
- $81,840
- p10
- $44,480
- p90
- $81,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.