State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Pennsylvania earn a median of $95,720. In New Jersey, $94,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 1.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.5%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-11.6%
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
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.