State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Minnesota vs New York
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Minnesota, $128,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.1%
Minnesota vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-10.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Actuaries
- Median
- $128,100
- p25
- $98,340
- p75
- $165,970
- p10
- $79,920
- p90
- $223,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.