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Claims Adjusters

SOC 13-1031

Investigate insurance claims and determine how much insurers should pay.

The job
Median pay
$78k
$61k to $98k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-5.5% projected
Openings a year
21k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school plus license
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
26/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
70th pct
More exposed than 70% of occupations · modeled estimate · 71st pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
44/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Texas29,2202.11.0×$79k
Florida28,1002.81.4×$77k
California24,2901.30.6×$92k
New York17,3301.80.9×$87k
Illinois14,2102.31.1×$77k
Arizona13,8304.32.0×$65k
Ohio13,6502.51.2×$68k
Pennsylvania13,2702.21.1×$77k
Georgia11,9852.51.2×$73k~
North Carolina9,8802.01.0×$75k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
New Jersey9,6502.31.1×$96k
Wisconsin8,7603.01.4×$78k
Virginia7,8601.90.9×$74k
Maryland6,9362.51.2×$96k~
Michigan6,6401.50.7×$79k
Tennessee6,3901.90.9×$78k
Missouri6,2002.11.0×$76k
Washington6,1801.70.8×$81k
Colorado5,6802.00.9×$78k
Minnesota5,5301.90.9×$78k
Massachusetts5,0701.40.7×$84k
Kansas4,5703.21.5×$77k
Indiana4,3401.40.7×$74k
Oklahoma4,1402.41.2×$71k
South Carolina4,1301.80.9×$75k
Alabama4,0401.90.9×$80k
Iowa3,9302.51.2×$73k
Kentucky3,6701.80.9×$74k
Louisiana3,3401.70.8×$65k
Connecticut3,1901.90.9×$88k
Nebraska3,1603.11.5×$76k
Oregon2,9501.50.7×$82k
Arkansas2,6602.01.0×$74k
Utah2,4401.40.7×$69k
Nevada2,2741.50.7×$63k~
Maine1,6502.61.2×$79k
Mississippi1,4991.30.6×$77k~
West Virginia1,3401.90.9×$67k
Idaho1,3201.50.7×$77k
New Mexico1,2801.50.7×$68k
Montana1,2302.41.1×$64k
Delaware1,1932.51.2×$72k~
Rhode Island1,1502.31.1×$87k
South Dakota1,0302.31.1×$79k
Hawaii9001.40.7×$79k
New Hampshire8801.30.6×$84k
North Dakota7501.70.8×$65k
Washington DC3600.50.3×$101k
Vermont2800.90.4×$84k
Alaska2200.70.3×$88k
Wyoming1800.60.3×$76k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ14,840 jobs · $96k median
  2. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA13,830 jobs · $76k median
  3. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ11,350 jobs · $64k median
  4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN9,080 jobs · $79k median
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX8,630 jobs · $83k median
  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA7,540 jobs · $89k median
  7. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL7,240 jobs · $78k median
  8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD6,850 jobs · $82k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.