15 Series · SOC 15-2011

Actuaries

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$125,770

per year

Median Hourly

$60.47/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$134,990

average

Employment

28,340

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$75,240$90,970$125,770$164,860$206,430
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$36.18$43.73$60.47$79.26$99.24
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$75,240

25th Percentile

$90,970

Median

$125,770

75th Percentile

$164,860

90th Percentile

$206,430

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 District of Columbia $153,340 +22% above national
2 Washington $153,260 +22% above national
3 Connecticut $148,220 +18% above national
4 Alabama $143,230 +14% above national
5 New Jersey $137,330 +9% above national
6 Virginia $135,880 +8% above national
7 New York $133,730 +6% above national
8 Maine $132,970 +6% above national
9 Maryland $132,740 +6% above national
10 Nevada $132,470 +5% above national
11 Colorado $131,940 +5% above national
12 Iowa $129,870 +3% above national
13 North Carolina $129,850 +3% above national
14 Oregon $129,340 +3% above national
15 Utah $128,860 +2% above national
16 Kansas $125,690 same as national
17 California $124,240 1% below national
18 Arizona $124,000 1% below national
19 Florida $123,220 2% below national
20 Massachusetts $122,230 3% below national
21 Wisconsin $122,140 3% below national
22 Illinois $121,960 3% below national
23 Oklahoma $121,790 3% below national
24 Kentucky $120,580 4% below national
25 Missouri $118,940 5% below national
26 Tennessee $118,020 6% below national
27 Ohio $115,550 8% below national
28 Idaho $109,990 13% below national
29 Minnesota $109,190 13% below national
30 Rhode Island $108,890 13% below national
31 Hawaii $107,690 14% below national
32 Pennsylvania $107,530 15% below national
33 Michigan $105,750 16% below national
34 South Carolina $100,710 20% below national
35 Nebraska $100,270 20% below national
36 Texas $100,260 20% below national
37 Indiana $97,640 22% below national
38 Mississippi $97,210 23% below national
39 Louisiana $82,930 34% below national
40 Puerto Rico $65,940 48% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $176,300 +40% above national
2 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $158,760 +26% above national
3 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $152,650 +21% above national
4 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $146,130 +16% above national
5 Birmingham, AL $143,230 +14% above national
6 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $142,750 +14% above national
7 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $140,640 +12% above national
8 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $140,290 +12% above national
9 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $139,950 +11% above national
10 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $138,280 +10% above national
11 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $137,610 +9% above national
12 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $136,410 +8% above national
13 Raleigh-Cary, NC $136,180 +8% above national
14 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $135,280 +8% above national
15 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $135,050 +7% above national
16 Portland-South Portland, ME $134,330 +7% above national
17 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $134,230 +7% above national
18 Colorado Springs, CO $134,050 +7% above national
19 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $133,710 +6% above national
20 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $133,170 +6% above national
21 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $132,420 +5% above national
22 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $131,460 +5% above national
23 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $130,990 +4% above national
24 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $130,750 +4% above national
25 Appleton, WI $130,400 +4% above national
26 Richmond, VA $130,360 +4% above national
27 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $129,360 +3% above national
28 Jacksonville, FL $128,710 +2% above national
29 St. Louis, MO-IL $127,800 +2% above national
30 Kansas City, MO-KS $127,550 +1% above national
31 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $126,870 +1% above national
32 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $126,040 same as national
33 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $124,590 1% below national
34 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $124,410 1% below national
35 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $122,520 3% below national
36 Worcester, MA $122,200 3% below national
37 Fort Wayne, IN $121,540 3% below national
38 Cleveland, OH $120,870 4% below national
39 Topeka, KS $120,200 4% below national
40 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $119,520 5% below national
41 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $119,410 5% below national
42 Akron, OH $118,040 6% below national
43 Tallahassee, FL $116,250 8% below national
44 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $115,220 8% below national
45 Rochester, NY $114,490 9% below national
46 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $113,190 10% below national
47 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $111,260 12% below national
48 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $111,210 12% below national
49 Columbus, OH $110,830 12% below national
50 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $109,220 13% below national
51 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $109,190 13% below national
52 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $107,960 14% below national
53 Urban Honolulu, HI $107,690 14% below national
54 Syracuse, NY $106,660 15% below national
55 Columbia, SC $104,720 17% below national
56 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $104,170 17% below national
57 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $104,070 17% below national
58 Madison, WI $103,330 18% below national
59 Omaha, NE-IA $102,640 18% below national
60 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $102,350 19% below national
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