State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Massachusetts, $79,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 15.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.2%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-12.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $79,930
- p25
- $64,940
- p75
- $94,380
- p10
- $58,130
- p90
- $124,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.