State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Maryland vs New York
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Maryland, $126,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.6% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.9%
Maryland vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-16.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Actuaries
- Median
- $126,950
- p25
- $100,660
- p75
- $165,400
- p10
- $76,670
- p90
- $185,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.