State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Mississippi, $71,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.1%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-5.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $71,550
- p25
- $61,290
- p75
- $83,080
- p10
- $52,550
- p90
- $92,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.