State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs Maryland
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Maryland, $82,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.6% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.2%
Kentucky vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+37.6%
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
Maryland
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $82,870
- p25
- $79,250
- p75
- $94,690
- p10
- $75,140
- p90
- $94,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.