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

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators Salary in the Seattle Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area

Figures describe the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Seattle city limits.

Median annual wage$83,200
Median hourly wage$40.00

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $83,200 per year ($40.00 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $51,990 at the 10th percentile to $125,840 at the 90th. BLS estimates 3,840 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in the Seattle metro area earn more than $83,200 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $65,700 and $103,370.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$51,990$65,700$83,200$103,370$125,840
Hourly$25.00$31.59$40.00$49.70$60.50

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Seattle metro areathis metro area
    $83,200
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $80,700
  • United Statesnational
    $78,000

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +3% vs Washington overall and +7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$35,220$60,450$85,680$110,910Mayaguez, PR — $35,220Abilene, TX — $35,580Ponce, PR — $42,610San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $47,130Great Falls, MT — $48,330Arecibo, PR — $48,750Jacksonville, NC — $51,070Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $56,100Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $56,640Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $57,780Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $58,250Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $58,890Macon-Bibb County, GA — $58,910Hammond, LA — $59,300Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $59,340Terre Haute, IN — $59,510Odessa, TX — $59,710Longview, TX — $59,990Reno, NV — $60,510Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $60,580Canton-Massillon, OH — $60,690Bismarck, ND — $60,710Lafayette, LA — $60,950Monroe, LA — $61,110Winchester, VA-WV — $61,240Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $61,440Joplin, MO-KS — $61,480Chattanooga, TN-GA — $61,590Green Bay, WI — $61,860Dalton, GA — $62,030Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $62,730Baton Rouge, LA — $62,800Beckley, WV — $62,830Missoula, MT — $62,850Carson City, NV — $62,900Dubuque, IA — $62,930Albuquerque, NM — $62,990Aguadilla, PR — $63,010Billings, MT — $63,010Oklahoma City, OK — $63,320Columbus, GA-AL — $63,400Wilmington, NC — $63,470Cleveland, OH — $63,620Springfield, MO — $63,640El Paso, TX — $63,700Raleigh-Cary, NC — $63,810Wheeling, WV-OH — $63,880Columbus, OH — $64,180Columbia, MO — $64,250Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $64,370Fargo, ND-MN — $64,420Corpus Christi, TX — $64,720La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $64,730Manhattan, KS — $64,740Tyler, TX — $64,910Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $64,960Charleston, WV — $65,000Springfield, IL — $65,000Charlottesville, VA — $65,050Lynchburg, VA — $65,190Jackson, TN — $65,300Albany, GA — $65,400Athens-Clarke County, GA — $65,800Tulsa, OK — $65,950Tucson, AZ — $66,170Savannah, GA — $66,370Greeley, CO — $66,570Eugene-Springfield, OR — $67,200Burlington, NC — $67,290Clarksville, TN-KY — $67,290Columbia, SC — $67,290Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $67,290Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $67,700Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $68,250Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $68,290Jefferson City, MO — $68,310Casper, WY — $68,950Lubbock, TX — $69,200Jackson, MS — $69,530Tallahassee, FL — $69,690Gainesville, FL — $69,760Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $70,180Bloomington, IL — $70,400Topeka, KS — $70,710Wichita, KS — $70,940Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $71,300Colorado Springs, CO — $71,580Montgomery, AL — $71,710Erie, PA — $71,720Killeen-Temple, TX — $71,780Ithaca, NY — $72,030Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $72,280Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $72,430Cedar Rapids, IA — $72,470Warner Robins, GA — $72,470Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $72,510Akron, OH — $73,150Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $73,530Evansville, IN — $73,560Bowling Green, KY — $73,660Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $73,710South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $73,780Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $73,880St. George, UT — $73,880Asheville, NC — $73,920Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $73,920Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $73,920Toledo, OH — $73,920Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $73,920Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $74,240Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $74,290Iowa City, IA — $74,330Reading, PA — $74,390Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $74,510Grand Island, NE — $74,550Champaign-Urbana, IL — $74,590Greensboro-High Point, NC — $74,630Janesville-Beloit, WI — $74,650Rockford, IL — $74,660Tuscaloosa, AL — $74,670Roanoke, VA — $74,880Lawton, OK — $75,050Sumter, SC — $75,160Winston-Salem, NC — $75,310St. Joseph, MO-KS — $75,440Omaha, NE-IA — $75,570Eau Claire, WI — $75,610Decatur, IL — $75,660Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $75,740Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $75,770St. Louis, MO-IL — $75,840Pueblo, CO — $75,970Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $76,100Cheyenne, WY — $76,250Boise City, ID — $76,400College Station-Bryan, TX — $76,400Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $76,400Morgantown, WV — $76,400Niles, MI — $76,400Ocala, FL — $76,400Pittsburgh, PA — $76,440Traverse City, MI — $76,540Cleveland, TN — $76,550Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $76,560Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $76,630Duluth, MN-WI — $76,800Jacksonville, FL — $76,860Fort Wayne, IN — $76,880Spartanburg, SC — $76,880Flint, MI — $76,890Lincoln, NE — $76,970Decatur, AL — $77,000New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $77,020Redding, CA — $77,070Fayetteville, NC — $77,160Youngstown-Warren, OH — $77,190Lexington-Fayette, KY — $77,310Ogden, UT — $77,450Medford, OR — $77,610Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $77,640Bozeman, MT — $77,670Peoria, IL — $77,740Fort Smith, AR-OK — $77,760Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $77,990Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $78,030Grand Forks, ND-MN — $78,070Kansas City, MO-KS — $78,090Kennewick-Richland, WA — $78,090Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $78,290Appleton, WI — $78,450Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $78,460Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $78,460Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $78,560Gainesville, GA — $78,610Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $78,640Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $78,680Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $78,730Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $78,730Richmond, VA — $78,780Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $78,810Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $78,820Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $78,830Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $78,840Altoona, PA — $78,850Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $78,850Minot, ND — $78,850Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $78,900Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $78,950Urban Honolulu, HI — $78,970Lancaster, PA — $78,980Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $79,000Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $79,060Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $79,160Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $79,250Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $79,390Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $79,510Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $79,620Albany, OR — $79,660Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $79,770Rocky Mount, NC — $79,770Rapid City, SD — $79,780Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $79,930North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $79,970Johnstown, PA — $79,980Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $80,050Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $80,070Lima, OH — $80,130Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $80,160Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $80,380Wausau, WI — $80,430Worcester, MA — $80,560Knoxville, TN — $80,820Amarillo, TX — $80,850Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $80,930Portland-South Portland, ME — $80,950Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $80,970Helena, MT — $81,080Madison, WI — $81,200Bangor, ME — $81,330Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $81,330Hattiesburg, MS — $81,330Hot Springs, AR — $81,330Jonesboro, AR — $81,330Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $81,330Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $81,420Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $81,560Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $81,700Visalia, CA — $81,720Saginaw, MI — $81,830San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $81,830Bend, OR — $82,040Syracuse, NY — $82,060Rochester, NY — $82,080Huntsville, AL — $82,120Modesto, CA — $82,140Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $82,160Elizabethtown, KY — $82,200Las Cruces, NM — $82,250Johnson City, TN — $82,300Yakima, WA — $82,380Utica-Rome, NY — $82,720Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $82,880Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $82,890Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $83,020Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $83,200Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $83,220Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $83,420McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $83,780Naples-Marco Island, FL — $83,780Vineland, NJ — $84,180San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $84,550Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $84,590York-Hanover, PA — $84,590Birmingham, AL — $84,640Jackson, MI — $84,810Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $84,930Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $85,020Kenosha, WI — $85,560Auburn-Opelika, AL — $85,990New Haven, CT — $86,190Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $86,200Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $86,360Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $86,530Salisbury, MD — $86,900Binghamton, NY — $87,320Longview-Kelso, WA — $87,630Anchorage, AK — $87,670Fresno, CA — $87,910Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $87,910Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $88,390Florence, SC — $88,710Lake Charles, LA — $88,710Santa Fe, NM — $89,010Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $89,070San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $89,070Dover, DE — $89,610Springfield, MA — $89,990Lawrence, KS — $90,170Salem, OR — $90,270Ann Arbor, MI — $90,470Manchester-Nashua, NH — $91,430Glens Falls, NY — $91,520Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $91,940Bloomington, IN — $92,410Vallejo, CA — $92,410Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $92,920Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $93,200Bellingham, WA — $93,400Idaho Falls, ID — $93,640Mobile, AL — $94,740Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $95,150Stockton-Lodi, CA — $95,490Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $95,730New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $95,980Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $96,970Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $97,740Lexington Park, MD — $98,060San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $98,230Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $98,700Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $99,660Kingston, NY — $100,430Barnstable Town, MA — $100,480Salinas, CA — $101,900Boulder, CO — $103,080San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $105,340Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $108,510Merced, CA — $110,910

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Seattle metro area has the 63rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 307 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Washington

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $83,200
  • Bellingham metro area
    $93,400
  • Bremerton metro area
    $92,920
  • Longview metro area
    $87,630
  • Yakima metro area
    $82,380
  • Olympia metro area
    $78,460
  • Kennewick metro area
    $78,090

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Business Operations Specialists, All Other$101,920Project Management Specialists$130,380Accountants and Auditors$99,370Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$102,170Management Analysts$126,340Human Resources Specialists$92,770

Highest-paying metro areas for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigatorss · Highest-paying occupations in Seattle Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.