State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Louisiana, $72,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.6%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $72,040
- p25
- $63,240
- p75
- $76,090
- p10
- $63,240
- p90
- $95,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $94,280
- p25
- $81,730
- p75
- $99,670
- p10
- $81,590
- p90
- $99,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.