State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: New Jersey vs Oregon
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Oregon, $83,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.6% — not 13.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.2%
New Jersey vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+7.6%
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
Oregon
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $83,270
- p25
- $81,070
- p75
- $88,800
- p10
- $74,750
- p90
- $102,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.