State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs New York
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In New York, $81,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.4% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.7%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+44.4%
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 York
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $81,150
- p25
- $78,140
- p75
- $96,510
- p10
- $63,080
- p90
- $104,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.