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Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and Merced, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators is $78,680 per year in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. It is $110,910 per year in Merced, CA. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 29.1% below Merced, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 2,460 wage and salary jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and 40 in Merced, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.