State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Connecticut vs Illinois
Actuaries in Connecticut earn a median of $166,800. In Illinois, $115,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.5% — not 44.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.5%
Connecticut vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+39.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Actuaries
- Median
- $166,800
- p25
- $129,170
- p75
- $198,260
- p10
- $99,430
- p90
- $228,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
Illinois
Actuaries
- Median
- $115,430
- p25
- $95,940
- p75
- $158,540
- p10
- $77,790
- p90
- $202,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.