Hiring an insurance appraiser in Worcester, MA
Employers in the Worcester, MA area pay insurance appraisers, auto damage a median of $81,880, with the middle half of the market between $79,930 and $92,590. Worcester residents working in business and financial operations occupations report a median of $80,064, which is 2% below what the metro pays for this role.
What does an insurance appraiser earn here?
Place of work
What employers pay
| 25th percentile | $79,930 |
| Median | $81,880 |
| 75th percentile | $92,590 |
Half of insurance appraisers, auto damage in this area earn between $79,930 and $92,590. A band set below $79,930 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.
Place of residence
What Worcester residents earn
$80,064
Median earnings of Worcester residents working in business and financial operations occupations, 4,349 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.
The 2% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.
The two sit close together, so pay alone is unlikely to be what wins or loses this hire.
What does the role actually involve?
Core tasks
- Evaluate practicality of repair as opposed to payment of market value of vehicle before accident.
- Review repair cost estimates with automobile repair shop to secure agreement on cost of repairs.
- Examine damaged vehicle to determine extent of structural, body, mechanical, electrical, or interior damage.
- Prepare insurance forms to indicate repair cost estimates and recommendations.
- Estimate parts and labor to repair damage, using standard automotive labor and parts cost manuals and knowledge of automotive repair.
O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 13-1032.
Tools and technologies in demand
Disassembler software, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word.
O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.
Is the talent actually in Worcester?
This is a job zone three: medium preparation needed occupation. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
It does not require a degree, which widens the pool considerably. For context, 34.1% of Worcester adults hold one. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.
The average Worcester commute runs 25.1 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 10.7% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.
How often do these jobs turn over?
In Worcester County, accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services employs 1,947 and turns over 11.6% a quarter, with 400 hires against 268 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $6,898 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 5412.
That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about insurance appraisers, auto damage. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a normal churn rate, where a well-run search closes on schedule.
What does the search cost?
The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $16,376 to $24,564 on the first year salary alone.
One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.
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Hiring an insurance appraiser somewhere else?
Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.
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Worcester is the 2th largest of 2 Massachusetts cities in this dataset.