SOC 13-1031 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

How much do Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators make in Arecibo, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in Arecibo, PR is $48,750. The 10th percentile is $35,980 and the 90th percentile is $115,920. Employment is 50.

Median annual wage

$48,750

10th percentile
$35,980
25th percentile
$38,170
Median
$48,750
75th percentile
$91,170
90th percentile
$115,920
Mean
$67,130

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators, the published 10th percentile is $35,980 and the 90th percentile is $115,920. The difference is $79,940, which is 164.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $38,170 to the 75th at $91,170, covers $53,000.

The mean annual wage is $67,130, which sits above the median of $48,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Arecibo, PR median is 37.5% lower than the national median of $78,000 for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators.

It is 6% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $45,970.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators. Arecibo, PR ranks 2nd of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Aguadilla, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $63,010 and employment of 40. That median is 29.3% higher than the median here.
  • Ponce, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $42,610 and employment of 70. That median is 12.6% lower than the median here.
  • Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $35,220 and employment of 80. That median is 27.8% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (50 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.21% of employment (324,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.69 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators make in Arecibo, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in Arecibo, PR is $48,750. The 10th percentile is $35,980 and the 90th percentile is $115,920. Employment is 50.

How does that compare with the national median for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators?

The local median is 37.5% lower than the national median of $78,000.

How does Arecibo, PR compare with nearby metros for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators?

Aguadilla, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 22 miles away, at $63,010. Arecibo, PR ranks 2nd of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.