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Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage pay in Illinois and Kentucky
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage is $71,510 per year in Illinois. It is $97,950 per year in Kentucky. Illinois is 27.0% below Kentucky on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1032 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 560 wage and salary jobs in Illinois and Not published in Kentucky. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings