State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Maryland, $82,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 12.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.1%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $82,870
- p25
- $79,250
- p75
- $94,690
- p10
- $75,140
- p90
- $94,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.