State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs Texas
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Texas, $79,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.1% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.7%
Kentucky vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+33.1%
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
Texas
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $79,200
- p25
- $56,680
- p75
- $100,220
- p10
- $49,340
- p90
- $101,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.