State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In New Jersey, $94,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.3% — not 3.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.9%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+25.3%
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
New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $94,280
- p25
- $81,730
- p75
- $99,670
- p10
- $81,590
- p90
- $99,670
- 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.