State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Illinois vs New York
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Illinois, $115,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.4% — not 26.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.2%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-20.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Actuaries
- Median
- $115,430
- p25
- $95,940
- p75
- $158,540
- p10
- $77,790
- p90
- $202,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
New York
Actuaries
- Median
- $156,480
- p25
- $106,140
- p75
- $211,330
- p10
- $82,250
- p90
- $277,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.