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Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage pay in Kentucky and Maine
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage is $97,950 per year in Kentucky. It is $79,510 per year in Maine. Kentucky is 23.2% above Maine 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Kentucky and 50 in Maine. 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