Actuary salary in Kansas

Official occupation: 15-2011 Actuaries · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 60/100

In Kansas, the median actuary earns $125,010 a year, 4% below the United States median of $130,000.

It ranks 22nd of 36 states with a published figure.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $207,040, 2.8 times the $75,260 that marks the bottom 10%.

With 180 jobs and a location quotient of 0.72, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in Kansas is $48,010, so this role pays 2.6 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureKansasNational
Median annual pay Observed$125,010United States: $130,000
Mean annual pay Observed$135,160United States: $141,480
10th percentile Observed$75,260United States: $78,570
25th percentile Observed$91,970United States: $97,680
75th percentile Observed$175,750United States: $170,650
90th percentile Observed$207,040United States: $215,100
Median hourly pay Observed$60.10United States: $62.50
Employment (jobs) Observed180
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed0.123
Location quotient Observed0.72
Difference from United States median ($130,000) Derived−4%
Rank among 36 states Derived22
Ratio to Kansas all-occupation median ($48,010) Derived2.60×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.75

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 20. Massachusetts$126,040
  2. 21. Pennsylvania$125,040
  3. 22. Kansas$125,010
  4. 23. Colorado$120,440
  5. 24. Kentucky$120,400

Largest cities in Kansas: Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City, Olathe, Topeka (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 60/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.