State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: District of Columbia vs Iowa
Actuaries in District of Columbia earn a median of $166,230. In Iowa, $128,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.2% — not 29.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.2%
District of Columbia vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+3.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Actuaries
- Median
- $166,230
- p25
- $144,680
- p75
- $185,220
- p10
- $116,690
- p90
- $207,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.