State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Michigan, $77,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.6% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.3%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-7.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $77,060
- p25
- $69,030
- p75
- $79,130
- p10
- $62,040
- p90
- $81,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.