State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Mississippi vs Pennsylvania
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Pennsylvania earn a median of $95,720. In Mississippi, $71,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 25.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.3%
Mississippi vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-16.1%
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
Pennsylvania
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $95,720
- p25
- $85,970
- p75
- $101,060
- p10
- $76,610
- p90
- $112,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.