Highest-paying Cities for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

The top 100 highest paying cities for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $103,020, Napa, California is the highest paying city for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators. It is followed by El Centro, California (average annual salary $96,430). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Napa, California	$103,020	$49,870	50
2	El Centro, California	$96,430	$55,230	40
3	Waterbury, Connecticut	$95,830	$61,130	30
4	Salinas, California	$94,890	$57,660	120
5	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$93,600	$54,720	160
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$89,460	$58,690	2,750
7	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$89,170	$52,770	190
8	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$88,940	$56,160	40
9	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$88,390	$40,090	30
10	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$87,280	$49,880	1,980
11	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$87,210	$58,230	370
12	Stockton, California	$86,760	$53,710	200
13	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$86,610	$59,720	30
14	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$84,660	$60,650	14,610
15	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$84,390	$65,990	110
16	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$84,300	$60,510	40
17	Gary, Indiana	$84,080	$70,820	70
18	Merced, California	$83,870	$64,050	40
19	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$83,780	$48,050	110
20	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$83,590	$48,230	50
21	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$83,410	$49,420	40
22	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$83,340	$53,260	70
23	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$82,890	$57,100	50
24	Medford, Oregon	$82,820	$60,450	40
25	Danbury, Connecticut	$82,680	$51,900	30
26	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$82,650	$58,020	150
27	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$82,650	$51,780	3,760
28	Flint, Michigan	$82,560	$48,040	130
29	New Haven, Connecticut	$82,440	$60,620	230
30	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$82,430	$51,400	290
31	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$82,270	$46,050	1,200
32	Dover, Delaware	$81,990	$55,810	50
33	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$81,960	$51,970	40
34	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$81,940	$49,820	2,310
35	Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$81,660	$61,590	50
36	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$81,660	$42,660	30
37	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$81,660	$55,760	50
38	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$81,660	$37,330	30
39	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$81,660	$36,110	60
40	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$81,660	$47,800	40
41	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$81,660	$31,990	40
42	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$81,660	$46,490	40
43	Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$81,660	$48,170	40
44	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$81,660	$48,040	40
45	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$81,660	$49,850	60
46	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$81,520	$51,380	680
47	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$81,520	$57,370	50
48	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$81,490	$50,020	7,800
49	Glens Falls, New York	$81,480	$55,890	60
50	Bellingham, Washington	$81,210	$40,080	50
51	Jackson, Michigan	$81,130	$58,030	60
52	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$81,120	$60,410	2,000
53	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$81,030	$46,060	60
54	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$80,970	$57,480	40
55	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$80,950	$58,550	1,560
56	Visalia-Porterville, California	$80,930	$45,770	130
57	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$80,720	$52,630	30
58	Modesto, California	$80,670	$51,800	70
59	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$80,510	$48,390	70
60	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$80,450	$36,260	130
61	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$80,410	$48,820	1,180
62	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$80,390	$57,980	30
63	Anchorage, Alaska	$80,300	$53,190	230
64	Lawton, Oklahoma	$79,970	$52,350	40
65	Prescott, Arizona	$79,960	$61,070	60
66	Odessa, Texas	$79,890	$43,410	30
67	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$79,790	$38,370	40
68	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$79,770	$48,850	1,600
69	Rapid City, South Dakota	$79,700	$44,720	90
70	Mobile, Alabama	$79,500	$44,690	500
71	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$79,440	$44,800	50
72	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$79,440	$36,250	60
73	Hammond, Louisiana	$79,440	$39,770	40
74	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$79,440	$41,270	70
75	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$79,440	$50,690	70
76	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$79,440	$42,870	40
77	Warner Robins, Georgia	$79,440	$43,660	50
78	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$79,440	$47,990	40
79	Bloomington, Indiana	$79,440	$47,200	70
80	Lafayette, Louisiana	$79,440	$43,810	110
81	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$79,350	$44,720	110
82	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$78,920	$42,220	50
83	Ithaca, New York	$78,870	$48,360	40
84	Salem, Oregon	$78,810	$60,140	380
85	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$78,810	$58,240	3,520
86	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$78,530	$50,600	430
87	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$78,530	$54,820	90
88	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$78,470	$46,790	120
89	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$78,370	$45,550	40
90	Binghamton, New York	$78,330	$49,260	320
91	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$78,240	$49,440	4,570
92	Macon, Georgia	$78,220	$52,450	740
93	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$78,190	$38,980	110
94	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$78,120	$48,440	930
95	Reading, Pennsylvania	$78,110	$38,050	240
96	Goldsboro, North Carolina	$78,080	$47,650	90
97	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$78,080	$44,250	110
98	Longview, Washington	$78,030	$46,950	30
99	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$77,960	$52,170	60
100	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$77,900	$44,590	140

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