State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: District of Columbia vs New Jersey
Actuaries in District of Columbia earn a median of $166,230. In New Jersey, $142,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 16.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.4%
District of Columbia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+15.2%
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
New Jersey
Actuaries
- Median
- $142,800
- p25
- $110,360
- p75
- $184,480
- p10
- $86,090
- p90
- $224,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -66%
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.