State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Tennessee, $67,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.5%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+18.7%
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
Tennessee
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $67,080
- p25
- $62,860
- p75
- $91,500
- p10
- $51,090
- p90
- $100,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.