Highest-paying Cities for Auto Damage Insurance Appraisers

The top 100 highest paying cities for auto damage insurance appraisers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of auto damage insurance appraisers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $85,950, Rochester, New York is the highest paying city for auto damage insurance appraisers. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $85,460). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of auto damage insurance appraisers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Auto Damage Insurance Appraisers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Rochester, New York	$85,950	$51,070	80
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$85,460	$54,080	560
3	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$84,410	$62,630	240
4	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$83,460	$64,780	50
5	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$83,320	$62,950	40
6	St Louis, Missouri	$82,990	$58,370	60
7	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$81,700	$80,060	50
8	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$80,980	$59,800	100
9	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$80,670	$50,130	150
10	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$80,380	$65,270	270
11	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$80,000	$66,070	30
12	Kansas City, Missouri	$79,570	$60,850	220
13	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$79,360	$76,420	30
14	Salt Lake City, Utah	$78,480	$61,570	60
15	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$78,210	$64,090	270
16	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$77,570	$61,180	170
17	Worcester, Massachusetts	$77,380	$65,680	110
18	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$76,800	$54,450	70
19	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$76,380	$56,960	60
20	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$75,930	$63,430	310
21	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$75,810	$50,080	n/a
22	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$75,700	$47,500	70
23	Wichita, Kansas	$75,500	$54,630	60
24	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$75,140	$51,840	300
25	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$74,580	$47,040	580
26	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$74,320	$53,890	470
27	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$73,980	$47,400	240
28	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$71,690	$47,090	n/a
29	Madison, Wisconsin	$71,150	$64,000	n/a
30	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$70,810	$52,940	250
31	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$70,770	$64,860	70
32	Springfield, Massachusetts	$70,220	$35,040	120
33	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$70,040	$45,630	170
34	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$69,850	$46,930	40
35	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$69,620	$46,500	320
36	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$69,610	$47,840	140
37	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$69,340	$55,200	50
38	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$68,680	$53,550	60
39	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$68,510	$44,990	n/a
40	Springfield, Illinois	$68,400	$54,730	60
41	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$67,830	$49,020	260
42	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$67,620	$61,530	180
43	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$67,610	$41,500	230
44	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$67,600	$52,750	40
45	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$67,590	$47,400	180
46	Missoula, Montana	$67,530	$54,750	30
47	Springfield, Missouri	$67,480	$27,470	30
48	New Haven, Connecticut	$67,430	$52,330	n/a
49	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$67,210	$42,300	n/a
50	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$66,950	$62,640	90
51	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$66,460	$39,450	50
52	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$66,350	$49,700	n/a
53	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$65,900	$60,400	320
54	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$65,870	$53,280	40
55	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$65,830	$45,260	110
56	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$65,690	$51,460	190
57	Camden, New Jersey	$65,450	$53,310	190
58	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$65,330	$40,080	200
59	Columbia, South Carolina	$65,260	$55,390	60
60	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$65,070	$64,060	110
61	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$64,990	$55,100	30
62	Richmond, Virginia	$64,680	$51,780	160
63	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$64,560	$49,940	270
64	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$64,510	$41,110	40
65	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$64,440	$48,200	140
66	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$64,380	$42,880	170
67	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$63,850	$41,040	460
68	Knoxville, Tennessee	$63,450	$42,360	70
69	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$63,230	$40,440	180
70	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$63,230	$45,550	100
71	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$63,140	$37,780	140
72	Waco, Texas	$62,640	$47,940	50
73	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$62,610	$52,100	50
74	Mobile, Alabama	$62,490	$39,700	170
75	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$62,480	$49,910	100
76	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$62,260	$44,390	740
77	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$62,100	$49,750	140
78	Columbus, Ohio	$62,040	$48,160	100
79	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$62,020	$44,450	80
80	Syracuse, New York	$61,730	$50,600	40
81	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$61,700	$49,280	40
82	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$61,670	$42,050	70
83	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$61,620	$46,340	160
84	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$61,470	$53,300	260
85	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$61,310	$46,300	50
86	Columbia, Missouri	$61,050	$50,860	70
87	Jacksonville, Florida	$60,910	$42,460	120
88	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$60,710	$50,840	100
89	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$60,610	$39,400	130
90	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$60,520	$54,260	80
91	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$60,470	$38,070	180
92	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$60,460	$44,480	220
93	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$60,160	$43,280	1,170
94	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$60,140	$51,050	50
95	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$60,070	$43,400	50
96	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$59,310	$45,640	270
97	Roanoke, Virginia	$59,220	$38,850	50
98	Macon, Georgia	$58,820	$44,390	40
99	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$58,780	$58,780	n/a
100	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$57,850	$32,840	n/a

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