State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs South Carolina
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In South Carolina, $86,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
+13%
Kentucky vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+17.4%
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
South Carolina
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $86,680
- p25
- $80,760
- p75
- $94,390
- p10
- $75,960
- p90
- $96,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.