State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs Michigan
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Michigan, $77,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.6% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
Kentucky vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+35.6%
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
Michigan
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $77,060
- p25
- $69,030
- p75
- $79,130
- p10
- $62,040
- p90
- $81,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.