SOC 13-1032 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

How much do Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Albuquerque, NM is $78,990. The 10th percentile is $65,360 and the 90th percentile is $82,480. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$78,990

10th percentile
$65,360
25th percentile
$78,310
Median
$78,990
75th percentile
$81,300
90th percentile
$82,480
Mean
$78,020

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

An auto mechanic working on a car engine
An auto mechanic working on an engine. Photograph by Okpashira. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage, the published 10th percentile is $65,360 and the 90th percentile is $82,480. The difference is $17,120, which is 21.7% 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 $78,310 to the 75th at $81,300, covers $2,990.

The mean annual wage is $78,020, which sits below the median of $78,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albuquerque, NM median is 1% higher than the national median of $78,240 for Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage. In 2024 national prices the local median is $82,672, which is 5.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.9% higher than the New Mexico median of $78,310.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $78,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage at $82,672 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Albuquerque, NM · Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Albuquerque, NM is $78,990. The 10th percentile is $65,360 and the 90th percentile is $82,480.

How does that compare with the national median for Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage?

The local median is 1% higher than the national median of $78,240.

What is Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage pay in Albuquerque, NM after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $78,990 is $82,672. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.