State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Kentucky vs Virginia
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Kentucky earn a median of $97,950. In Virginia, $81,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 20.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.2%
Kentucky vs Virginia
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
Virginia
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $81,470
- p25
- $76,800
- p75
- $90,140
- p10
- $65,710
- p90
- $94,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.