Actuary salary in Rhode Island

Official occupation: 15-2011 Actuaries · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 80/100

In Rhode Island, the median actuary earns $111,090 a year, 15% below the United States median of $130,000.

It ranks 27th of 36 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $76,120 and the 90th at $182,530 (a ratio of 2.4).

Rhode Island has 100 of these jobs, a location quotient of 1.21: the role is 21% more concentrated here than nationally.

For context, the median across all occupations in Rhode Island is $56,780, so this role pays 2.0 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureRhode IslandNational
Median annual pay Observed$111,090United States: $130,000
Mean annual pay Observed$123,510United States: $141,480
10th percentile Observed$76,120United States: $78,570
25th percentile Observed$78,110United States: $97,680
75th percentile Observed$156,700United States: $170,650
90th percentile Observed$182,530United States: $215,100
Median hourly pay Observed$53.41United States: $62.50
Employment (jobs) Observed100
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed0.207
Location quotient Observed1.21
Difference from United States median ($130,000) Derived−15%
Rank among 36 states Derived27
Ratio to Rhode Island all-occupation median ($56,780) Derived1.96×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.40

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 25. Maine$119,620
  2. 26. Illinois$115,430
  3. 27. Rhode Island$111,090
  4. 28. Ohio$110,980
  5. 29. Oklahoma$109,760

Largest cities in Rhode Island: Providence, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence (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: 80/100. 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.