State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Connecticut vs Mississippi
Actuaries in Connecticut earn a median of $166,800. In Mississippi, $106,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 57%.
Nominal pay gap
+57%
Connecticut vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+31.9%
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%
Mississippi
Actuaries
- Median
- $106,210
- p25
- $77,720
- p75
- $166,130
- p10
- $63,480
- p90
- $256,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.