State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Arizona vs New York
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Arizona, $135,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 13.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.2%
Arizona vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Actuaries
- Median
- $135,870
- p25
- $107,700
- p75
- $170,800
- p10
- $85,750
- p90
- $202,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.