Actuaries · SOC 15-2011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Actuariess

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for actuaries. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (6 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 72 metro areas

Actuaries: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$194,130	220	0.6
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$175,330	220	0.1
3	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$166,800	960	1.6
4	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$163,350	80	0.1
5	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$161,460	2,780	0.3
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$144,680	520	0.2
7	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$143,430	30	0.2
8	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$142,180	120	0.2
9	New Haven, CT	$141,020	40	0.1
10	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$139,810	310	0.1
11	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$138,570	170	0.1
12	Portland-South Portland, ME	$138,220	50	0.2
13	Madison, WI	$135,330	170	0.4
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$134,720	230	0.1
15	Columbia, SC	$133,060	80	0.2
16	Birmingham, AL	$132,840	130	0.2
17	Jacksonville, FL	$132,830	130	0.2
18	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$132,720	150	0.2
19	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$132,010	310	0.4
20	Richmond, VA	$131,900	120	0.2
21	Kansas City, MO-KS	$131,680	180	0.2
22	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$131,040	120	0.1
23	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$130,540	400	1.0
24	Rochester, NY	$130,220	70	0.1
25	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$129,590	Not published	Not published

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Actuaries overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.