State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Maine, $79,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 15.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.7%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $79,510
- p25
- $57,000
- p75
- $82,940
- p10
- $53,890
- p90
- $132,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.