State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: District of Columbia vs Missouri
Actuaries in District of Columbia earn a median of $166,230. In Missouri, $129,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.6%
District of Columbia vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+6.3%
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
Missouri
Actuaries
- Median
- $129,220
- p25
- $94,430
- p75
- $173,000
- p10
- $77,780
- p90
- $207,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.