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Actuaries pay in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Actuaries is $194,130 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. It is $108,770 per year in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 78.5% above Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-2011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 220 wage and salary jobs in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and 340 in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings