State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: District of Columbia vs Kentucky
Actuaries in District of Columbia earn a median of $166,230. In Kentucky, $120,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 38.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.1%
District of Columbia vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+13.3%
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
Kentucky
Actuaries
- Median
- $120,400
- p25
- $100,210
- p75
- $133,000
- p10
- $87,260
- p90
- $215,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.