H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 15-2011Rank #83Updated May 2026

Actuaries

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Actuaries (SOC 15-2011). Based on 2,794 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$115,000
P50 across filings
P25 wage
$90,425
lower quartile
P75 wage
$141,818
upper quartile
Filings
2,794
Rank #83
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Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I798$81,500$89,100$98,950
Level II955$102,000$119,330$135,990
Level III492$125,000$145,330$160,573
Level IV314$132,000$162,800$190,000

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1NY655$130,000
2NJ308$120,250
3CA252$114,424
4IL219$115,300
5MA181$107,390
6TX179$114,433
7PA166$105,622
8CT123$109,200
9IA118$98,681
10NC91$119,000
NY
655
NJ
308
CA
252
IL
219
MA
181
TX
179
PA
166
CT
123
IA
118
NC
91

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP
175
American General Life Insu…
59
New York Life Insurance Co…
49
Aon Consulting, Inc.
38
The Prudential Insurance C…
33
Milliman, Inc.
33
SCOR Global Life Americas …
31
GLOBAL ATLANTIC FINANCIAL …
26
Cigna Health and Life Insu…
23
Transamerica Life Insuranc…
17

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

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