State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs Minnesota
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Minnesota, $76,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.1%
Kentucky vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+40%
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
Minnesota
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $76,460
- p25
- $68,500
- p75
- $78,240
- p10
- $67,480
- p90
- $101,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.