State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs Oregon
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Oregon, $83,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.6%
Kentucky vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+34.8%
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
Oregon
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $83,270
- p25
- $81,070
- p75
- $88,800
- p10
- $74,750
- p90
- $102,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.