State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: New York vs Virginia
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Virginia, $131,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.2% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.6%
New York vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+11.2%
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%
Virginia
Actuaries
- Median
- $131,900
- p25
- $100,580
- p75
- $166,920
- p10
- $82,120
- p90
- $212,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.