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State comparison · 2025

Actuaries salary: Kansas vs New York

Occupation

Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Kansas, $125,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 20.1%.

Nominal pay gap
-20.1%
Kansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-4.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Kansas

Actuaries

Median
$125,010
p25
$91,970
p75
$175,750
p10
$75,260
p90
$207,040
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
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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%
See full breakdown for New York

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.