State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Massachusetts, $126,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 19.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.5%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-17.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Actuaries
- Median
- $126,040
- p25
- $97,860
- p75
- $165,040
- p10
- $83,660
- p90
- $179,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.