State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Iowa vs New York
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Iowa, $128,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 17.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.8%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+1.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Actuaries
- Median
- $128,690
- p25
- $99,680
- p75
- $154,270
- p10
- $81,610
- p90
- $173,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.