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State comparison · 2025

Actuaries salary: Connecticut vs Iowa

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Actuaries in Connecticut earn a median of $166,800. In Iowa, $128,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 29.6%.

Nominal pay gap
+29.6%
Connecticut vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+9.8%
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%
See full breakdown for Connecticut

Iowa

Actuaries

Median
$128,690
p25
$99,680
p75
$154,270
p10
$81,610
p90
$173,480
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
87.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-62%
See full breakdown for Iowa

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.