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Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

United States. Estimated employment 324,230, with pages for 13 metro areas below.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 13-1031
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$78,000 · 50th
$48,85010th
$61,16025th
$78,00050th
$98,03075th
$117,04090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in the US earn more.

Table 1 — By metro area

Where it pays

Every published Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.

Metro areaMedianEmployment
New York, NY$95,98014,840
Kiryas Joel, NY$93,200230
Binghamton, NY$87,320300
Utica, NY$82,720220
Rochester, NY$82,080470
Syracuse, NY$82,060590
Gainesville, GA$78,610110
Atlanta, GA$75,77013,830
Augusta, GA$72,430330
Savannah, GA$66,370170
Tucson, AZ$66,170650
Albany, GA$65,400100
Phoenix, AZ$64,37011,350
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment
324,230 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 13-1031, Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators. Mapped to our taxonomy as claims-adjusters-examiners-and-investigators.

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