State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: New York vs Texas
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Texas, $105,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.1% — not 49%.
Nominal pay gap
+49%
New York vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+34.1%
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%
Texas
Actuaries
- Median
- $105,020
- p25
- $81,880
- p75
- $137,590
- p10
- $62,870
- p90
- $189,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.