State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: New York vs Tennessee
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Tennessee, $108,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 43.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.7%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+22.4%
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%
Tennessee
Actuaries
- Median
- $108,930
- p25
- $78,390
- p75
- $150,490
- p10
- $74,350
- p90
- $248,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.