State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Pennsylvania, $125,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.2% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.1%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+13.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Actuaries
- Median
- $125,040
- p25
- $96,990
- p75
- $161,090
- p10
- $78,050
- p90
- $201,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
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.