State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kansas vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Kansas, $75,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.4%
Kansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-3.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $75,080
- p25
- $69,000
- p75
- $79,410
- p10
- $66,870
- p90
- $101,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.