State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In South Carolina, $86,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 8.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.8%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-6.3%
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
South Carolina
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $86,680
- p25
- $80,760
- p75
- $94,390
- p10
- $75,960
- p90
- $96,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.