Actuary salary in Mississippi

Official occupation: 15-2011 Actuaries · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 65/100

In Mississippi, the median actuary earns $106,210 a year, 18% below the United States median of $130,000.

It ranks 31st of 36 states with a published figure.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $256,130, 4.0 times the $63,480 that marks the bottom 10%.

With 40 jobs and a location quotient of 0.21, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in Mississippi is $40,120, so this role pays 2.6 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureMississippiNational
Median annual pay Observed$106,210United States: $130,000
Mean annual pay Observed$130,950United States: $141,480
10th percentile Observed$63,480United States: $78,570
25th percentile Observed$77,720United States: $97,680
75th percentile Observed$166,130United States: $170,650
90th percentile Observed$256,130United States: $215,100
Median hourly pay Observed$51.06United States: $62.50
Employment (jobs) Observed40
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed0.035
Location quotient Observed0.21
Difference from United States median ($130,000) Derived−18%
Rank among 36 states Derived31
Ratio to Mississippi all-occupation median ($40,120) Derived2.65×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived4.03

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 29. Oklahoma$109,760
  2. 30. Tennessee$108,930
  3. 31. Mississippi$106,210
  4. 32. Texas$105,020
  5. 33. Nebraska$102,790

Largest cities in Mississippi: Jackson, Gulfport, West Gulfport, Southaven, Hattiesburg (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: 65/100. 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.