Actuaries — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$130,000
United States, 2025
Employment
26,670
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 4
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Analyze statistical data, such as mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates and construct probability tables to forecast risk and liability for payment of future benefits. May ascertain insurance rates required and cash reserves necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.
- O*NET code
- 15-2011.00
- Job zone
- 4
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Analyze data to determine premium rates required and cash reserves and liabilities necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.
- Analyze statistical information to estimate mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates.
- Design, review, and help administer insurance, annuity and pension plans, determining financial soundness and calculating premiums.
- Collaborate with programmers, underwriters, accounts, claims experts, and senior management to help companies develop plans for new lines of business or improvements to existing business.
- Provide advice to clients on a contract basis, working as a consultant.
- Determine, or help determine, company policy, and explain complex technical matters to company executives, government officials, shareholders, policyholders, or the public.
- Construct probability tables for events such as fires, natural disasters, and unemployment, based on analysis of statistical data and other pertinent information.
- Determine equitable basis for distributing surplus earnings under participating insurance and annuity contracts in mutual companies.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$78,570
25th percentile
$97,680
75th percentile
$170,650
90th percentile
$215,100
Most important skills
- Mathematics4.4
- Reading Comprehension4.1
- Complex Problem Solving4.0
- Active Listening4.0
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Judgment and Decision Making4.0
- Writing3.9
- Speaking3.9
- Systems Evaluation3.9
- Systems Analysis3.8
- Active Learning3.4
- Operations Analysis3.1
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 18 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
18
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 4.4 | 5.0 | Not selected | 5.0 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.1 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.0 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.0 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 4.0 | 4.8 | Not selected | 4.8 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.9 | 4.6 | Not selected | 4.6 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.8 | 4.8 | Not selected | 4.8 |
| Speaking | 3.9 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Writing | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Active Learning | 3.4 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Monitoring | 3.0 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Negotiation | 3.0 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Operations Analysis | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Service Orientation | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Coordination | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with ActuariesHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport, CT | $194,130 | 220 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $175,330 | 220 | 2025 |
| CT | $166,800 | 1,380 | 2025 |
| Hartford, CT | $166,800 | 960 | 2025 |
| DC | $166,230 | 160 | 2025 |
| Las Vegas, NV | $163,350 | 80 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $161,460 | 2,780 | 2025 |
| NY | $156,480 | 2,630 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $144,680 | 520 | 2025 |
| Waterbury, CT | $143,430 | 30 | 2025 |
| NJ | $142,800 | 1,260 | 2025 |
| Raleigh, NC | $142,180 | 120 | 2025 |
| New Haven, CT | $141,020 | 40 | 2025 |
| Miami, FL | $139,810 | 310 | 2025 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $138,570 | 170 | 2025 |
| Portland, ME | $138,220 | 50 | 2025 |
| AL | $136,950 | 190 | 2025 |
| AZ | $135,870 | 200 | 2025 |
| Madison, WI | $135,330 | 170 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $134,720 | 230 | 2025 |
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.