State comparison · 2025
Actuaries salary: New York vs Wisconsin
Actuaries in New York earn a median of $156,480. In Wisconsin, $131,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.7% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.9%
New York vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+3.7%
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%
Wisconsin
Actuaries
- Median
- $131,640
- p25
- $95,620
- p75
- $160,510
- p10
- $76,890
- p90
- $204,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.