State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Actuaries in Connecticut earn a median of $166,800. In New Jersey, $142,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.7% — not 16.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.8%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+22.7%
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%
New Jersey
Actuaries
- Median
- $142,800
- p25
- $110,360
- p75
- $184,480
- p10
- $86,090
- p90
- $224,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -66%
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.