State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Actuaries in District of Columbia earn a median of $166,230. In Massachusetts, $126,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 31.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.9%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+27%
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
Massachusetts
Actuaries
- Median
- $126,040
- p25
- $97,860
- p75
- $165,040
- p10
- $83,660
- p90
- $179,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.