State comparison · 2025
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in New Jersey earn a median of $95,690. In Kentucky, $73,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.8%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-6.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
- Median
- $73,840
- p25
- $62,020
- p75
- $89,850
- p10
- $52,600
- p90
- $100,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
New Jersey
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
- Median
- $95,690
- p25
- $76,170
- p75
- $107,450
- p10
- $61,780
- p90
- $129,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.