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

How much do Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $79,110. The 10th percentile is $63,670 and the 90th percentile is $112,700. Employment is 240.

Median annual wage

$79,110

10th percentile
$63,670
25th percentile
$65,840
Median
$79,110
75th percentile
$80,720
90th percentile
$112,700
Mean
$79,420

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage, the published 10th percentile is $63,670 and the 90th percentile is $112,700. The difference is $49,030, which is 62.0% 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 $65,840 to the 75th at $80,720, covers $14,880.

The mean annual wage is $79,420, which sits above the median of $79,110. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is 1.1% higher than the national median of $78,240 for Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage. In 2024 national prices the local median is $74,786, which is 4.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.5% higher than the Colorado median of $71,600.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $79,110 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage at $74,786 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.

Employment share

Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO (240 of 1,609,350). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,560 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.01 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · 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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $79,110. The 10th percentile is $63,670 and the 90th percentile is $112,700. Employment is 240.

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

The local median is 1.1% higher than the national median of $78,240.

What is Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $79,110 is $74,786. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.