State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: New Jersey vs Wisconsin
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in New Jersey earn a median of $94,280. In Wisconsin, $75,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 25.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.3%
New Jersey vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
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
Wisconsin
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $75,260
- p25
- $73,630
- p75
- $77,120
- p10
- $66,530
- p90
- $78,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.