State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Connecticut vs Iowa
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%
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%
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.