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State comparison · 2025

Actuaries salary: New York vs Rhode Island

Occupation

Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Rhode Island, $111,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.5% — not 40.9%.

Nominal pay gap
+40.9%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+33.5%
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%
See full breakdown for New York

Rhode Island

Actuaries

Median
$111,090
p25
$78,110
p75
$156,700
p10
$76,120
p90
$182,530
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
102.3
See full breakdown for Rhode Island

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.