State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs Rhode Island
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Rhode Island, $79,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.1% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.6%
Kentucky vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+40.1%
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
Rhode Island
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $79,270
- p25
- $63,370
- p75
- $83,340
- p10
- $63,370
- p90
- $107,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.