State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: New York vs North Carolina
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In North Carolina, $128,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.2% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.6%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+6.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
North Carolina
Actuaries
- Median
- $128,730
- p25
- $89,610
- p75
- $154,450
- p10
- $72,420
- p90
- $193,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.