State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: New York vs Rhode Island
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%
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
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.