State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Michigan vs New York
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Michigan, $100,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.9% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.7%
Michigan vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-27.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Actuaries
- Median
- $100,640
- p25
- $78,510
- p75
- $134,460
- p10
- $65,240
- p90
- $170,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -86%
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.