State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs Maine
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Maine, $79,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.6% — not 23.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.2%
Kentucky vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+32.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Maine
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $79,510
- p25
- $57,000
- p75
- $82,940
- p10
- $53,890
- p90
- $132,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.