State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Missouri vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Missouri, $67,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.9%
Missouri vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-13.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $67,950
- p25
- $64,440
- p75
- $80,210
- p10
- $60,690
- p90
- $96,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.