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

Percentile spread

For Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators, the published 10th percentile is $30,580 and the 90th percentile is $96,100. The difference is $65,520, which is 153.8% 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 $34,620 to the 75th at $81,330, covers $46,710.

The mean annual wage is $54,960, which sits above the median of $42,610. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 45.4% lower than the national median of $78,000 for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators.

It is 7.3% lower 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 Ponce, 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. Ponce, PR ranks 4th 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).).

• Arecibo, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $48,750 and employment of 50. That median is 14.4% higher than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $35,220 and employment of 80. That median is 17.3% lower than the median here.
• Aguadilla, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $63,010 and employment of 40. That median is 47.9% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (70 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.21% of employment (324,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.53 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.