State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: District of Columbia vs Virginia
Actuaries in District of Columbia earn a median of $166,230. In Virginia, $131,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
District of Columbia vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+15.9%
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
Virginia
Actuaries
- Median
- $131,900
- p25
- $100,580
- p75
- $166,920
- p10
- $82,120
- p90
- $212,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.