State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
Actuaries in District of Columbia earn a median of $166,230. In Pennsylvania, $125,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.9%
District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+18.1%
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
Pennsylvania
Actuaries
- Median
- $125,040
- p25
- $96,990
- p75
- $161,090
- p10
- $78,050
- p90
- $201,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
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.