State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: New Jersey vs New York
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In New Jersey, $142,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 8.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.7%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-9.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Actuaries
- Median
- $142,800
- p25
- $110,360
- p75
- $184,480
- p10
- $86,090
- p90
- $224,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -66%
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.