State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs North Carolina
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In North Carolina, $74,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 30.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.9%
Kentucky vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+36.9%
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
North Carolina
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $74,810
- p25
- $64,910
- p75
- $95,860
- p10
- $59,540
- p90
- $104,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.