State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: California vs New York
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In California, $130,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.6%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-18.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Actuaries
- Median
- $130,510
- p25
- $101,600
- p75
- $188,390
- p10
- $83,510
- p90
- $219,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -81%
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.