State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Pennsylvania earn a median of $95,720. In New Mexico, $78,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $78,310
- p25
- $73,630
- p75
- $79,190
- p10
- $65,280
- p90
- $82,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.