State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: New York vs Utah
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Utah, $132,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.1% — not 17.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.9%
New York vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+8.1%
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%
Utah
Actuaries
- Median
- $132,720
- p25
- $113,170
- p75
- $132,720
- p10
- $84,010
- p90
- $171,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.