State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs New Mexico
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In New Mexico, $78,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.9% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.1%
Kentucky vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+27.9%
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 Mexico
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $78,310
- p25
- $73,630
- p75
- $79,190
- p10
- $65,280
- p90
- $82,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.