{
  "name": "Carrier allowed paint and materials rates",
  "url": "https://estimatelogicpro.com/measured/paint-and-materials",
  "licence": {
    "id": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "attribution": "EstimateLogic Pro / Corsa Automotive, measured carrier estimate corpus",
  "citation": "EstimateLogic Pro / Corsa Automotive, measured carrier estimate corpus (2026). Carrier allowed paint and materials rates. Retrieved from https://estimatelogicpro.com/measured/paint-and-materials",
  "temporalCoverage": "2024-01/2026-08",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-14",
  "unit": "USD per hour",
  "carriers": [
    {
      "carrier": "Bristol West",
      "rate": 31,
      "low": 31,
      "high": 31,
      "documentsMeasured": 1,
      "readings": 1
    },
    {
      "carrier": "Travelers",
      "rate": 34,
      "low": 34,
      "high": 34,
      "documentsMeasured": 1,
      "readings": 2
    },
    {
      "carrier": "GEICO",
      "rate": 36,
      "low": 34,
      "high": 36,
      "documentsMeasured": 14,
      "readings": 15
    },
    {
      "carrier": "Kemper / Infinity",
      "rate": 36,
      "low": 24,
      "high": 36,
      "documentsMeasured": 3,
      "readings": 3
    },
    {
      "carrier": "State Farm",
      "rate": 36,
      "low": 36,
      "high": 40,
      "documentsMeasured": 8,
      "readings": 8
    },
    {
      "carrier": "Allstate",
      "rate": 38,
      "low": 30,
      "high": 38,
      "documentsMeasured": 6,
      "readings": 7
    },
    {
      "carrier": "USAA",
      "rate": 38,
      "low": 36,
      "high": 38,
      "documentsMeasured": 4,
      "readings": 4
    },
    {
      "carrier": "Auto-Owners",
      "rate": 40,
      "low": 40,
      "high": 40,
      "documentsMeasured": 1,
      "readings": 1
    },
    {
      "carrier": "Liberty Mutual",
      "rate": 44,
      "low": 44,
      "high": 44,
      "documentsMeasured": 2,
      "readings": 3
    }
  ],
  "observedAbsence": {
    "carrier": "Progressive",
    "documentsMeasured": 82,
    "observed": "Across 82 Progressive documents, not one prints a paint-supplies rate line. Every other carrier in this corpus prints one, and the same parser reads it off their estimates in both vendor layouts.",
    "meaning": "That establishes that Progressive does not express this allowance as an hourly rate on the documents measured. It does not establish what Progressive pays for materials, and nothing here should be read as saying so."
  }
}