State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Virginia, $81,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.5% — not 15.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.7%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+7.5%
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
Virginia
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $81,470
- p25
- $76,800
- p75
- $90,140
- p10
- $65,710
- p90
- $94,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.