State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: New York vs Oklahoma
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Oklahoma, $109,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16% — not 42.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.6%
New York vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+16%
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%
Oklahoma
Actuaries
- Median
- $109,760
- p25
- $83,420
- p75
- $134,080
- p10
- $78,310
- p90
- $161,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.