State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Iowa vs Pennsylvania
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Pennsylvania earn a median of $95,720. In Iowa, $79,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 17.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.4%
Iowa vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-8.2%
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
Pennsylvania
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $95,720
- p25
- $85,970
- p75
- $101,060
- p10
- $76,610
- p90
- $112,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.