State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs Mississippi
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Mississippi, $71,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32% — not 36.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.9%
Kentucky vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+32%
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
Mississippi
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $71,550
- p25
- $61,290
- p75
- $83,080
- p10
- $52,550
- p90
- $92,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.