State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In North Carolina, $74,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
North Carolina
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $74,810
- p25
- $64,910
- p75
- $95,860
- p10
- $59,540
- p90
- $104,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.