State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs Tennessee
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Tennessee, $67,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.8% — not 46%.
Nominal pay gap
+46%
Kentucky vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+48.8%
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
Tennessee
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $67,080
- p25
- $62,860
- p75
- $91,500
- p10
- $51,090
- p90
- $100,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.