Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators · SOC 13-1031

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigatorss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 307 metro areas

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Merced, CA	$110,910	40	0.5
2	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$108,510	70	0.6
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$105,340	3,390	1.4
4	Boulder, CO	$103,080	30	0.2
5	Salinas, CA	$101,900	150	0.8
6	Barnstable Town, MA	$100,480	40	0.4
7	Kingston, NY	$100,430	30	0.6
8	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$99,660	100	0.5
9	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$98,700	4,280	3.2
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$98,230	370	0.3
11	Lexington Park, MD	$98,060	40	0.5
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$97,740	280	0.7
13	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$96,970	150	0.7
14	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$95,980	14,840	1.6
15	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$95,730	60	0.6
16	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$95,490	280	1.0
17	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$95,150	80	0.5
18	Mobile, AL	$94,740	550	3.2
19	Idaho Falls, ID	$93,640	30	0.4
20	Bellingham, WA	$93,400	60	0.6
21	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$93,200	230	0.8
22	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$92,920	70	0.8
23	Bloomington, IN	$92,410	70	0.9
24	Vallejo, CA	$92,410	280	2.0
25	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$91,940	1,410	0.8

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.