State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Connecticut vs Tennessee
Actuaries in Connecticut earn a median of $166,800. In Tennessee, $108,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.8% — not 53.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.1%
Connecticut vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+35.8%
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%
Tennessee
Actuaries
- Median
- $108,930
- p25
- $78,390
- p75
- $150,490
- p10
- $74,350
- p90
- $248,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.