State comparison · 2025
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage salary: Pennsylvania vs South Carolina
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Pennsylvania earn a median of $95,720. In South Carolina, $86,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 10.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.4%
Pennsylvania vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+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
South Carolina
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Median
- $86,680
- p25
- $80,760
- p75
- $94,390
- p10
- $75,960
- p90
- $96,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.