State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Alabama vs New York
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Alabama, $136,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 12.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.5%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+6.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Actuaries
- Median
- $136,950
- p25
- $82,630
- p75
- $149,320
- p10
- $71,240
- p90
- $160,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New York
Actuaries
- Median
- $156,480
- p25
- $106,140
- p75
- $211,330
- p10
- $82,250
- p90
- $277,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.