State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Nebraska vs New Jersey
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Nebraska, $62,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.1% — not 33.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.9%
Nebraska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-20.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $62,350
- p25
- $61,570
- p75
- $81,480
- p10
- $60,520
- p90
- $102,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.