State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: Mississippi vs New York
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Mississippi, $106,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 32.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.1%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-15.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Actuaries
- Median
- $106,210
- p25
- $77,720
- p75
- $166,130
- p10
- $63,480
- p90
- $256,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.