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State comparison · 2025

Actuaries salary: Connecticut vs Massachusetts

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Actuaries in Connecticut earn a median of $166,800. In Massachusetts, $126,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.1% — not 32.3%.

Nominal pay gap
+32.3%
Connecticut vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+35.1%
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

Massachusetts

Actuaries

Median
$126,040
p25
$97,860
p75
$165,040
p10
$83,660
p90
$179,750
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
105.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-53%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.