State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Pennsylvania vs Rhode Island
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Pennsylvania earn a median of $95,720. In Rhode Island, $79,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.6% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.8%
Pennsylvania vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+26.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Rhode Island
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $79,270
- p25
- $63,370
- p75
- $83,340
- p10
- $63,370
- p90
- $107,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.