State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Iowa, $79,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4% — not 16.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.1%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+4%
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
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.