Actuaries
Occupation · SOC 2018 15-2011 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 15-2011
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.10%
- Applications on record
- 11,848
- FY2025
- 691
- Median offered wage
- $127,656
- Certified (last three years)
- 99.6%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Actuaries (SOC 15-2011). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Actuaries
Data table
| FY2008 | 106 |
| FY2009 | 219 |
| FY2010 | 663 |
| FY2011 | 641 |
| FY2012 | 638 |
| FY2013 | 521 |
| FY2014 | 646 |
| FY2015 | 834 |
| FY2016 | 845 |
| FY2017 | 778 |
| FY2018 | 952 |
| FY2019 | 761 |
| FY2020 | 657 |
| FY2021 | 596 |
| FY2022 | 673 |
| FY2023 | 616 |
| FY2024 | 568 |
| FY2025 | 691 |
| FY2026* | 443 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 336 | 107 |
| FY2025 | 551 | 140 |
| FY2024 | 519 | 49 |
| FY2023 | 548 | 68 |
| FY2022 | 583 | 90 |
| FY2021 | 473 | 123 |
| FY2020 | 577 | 80 |
| FY2019 | 654 | 107 |
| FY2018 | 806 | 146 |
| FY2017 | 662 | 116 |
| FY2016 | 705 | 140 |
| FY2015 | 684 | 150 |
| FY2014 | 547 | 99 |
| FY2013 | 456 | 65 |
| FY2012 | 555 | 83 |
| FY2011 | 542 | 99 |
| FY2010 | 522 | 141 |
| FY2009 | 135 | 84 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 106 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP1,106
- Deloitte Consulting LLP714
- The Prudential Insurance Company489
- American General Life Insurance Company366
- Transamerica Life Insurance Company268
- New York Life Insurance Company258
- Milliman, Inc.252
- Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP250
- Towers Watson Delaware Inc.236
- Aon Consulting, Inc.221
- National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.218
- Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.196
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Actuaries: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| NY | 2,472 |
| CA | 1,203 |
| NJ | 1,054 |
| IL | 1,013 |
| MA | 993 |
| CT | 604 |
| PA | 602 |
| TX | 570 |
| GA | 409 |
| IA | 408 |
| NC | 265 |
| VA | 254 |
| FL | 219 |
| WA | 192 |
| OH | 176 |
| MI | 141 |
| MO | 128 |
| IN | 127 |
| WI | 119 |
| MN | 111 |
| MD | 107 |
| CO | 82 |
| DE | 78 |
| OR | 74 |
| KS | 54 |
| NE | 54 |
| KY | 51 |
| TN | 47 |
| AZ | 46 |
| RI | 26 |
| GU | 15 |
| NH | 15 |
| OK | 14 |
| DC | 14 |
| ID | 13 |
| PR | 10 |
| NM | 9 |
| LA | 9 |
| VT | 8 |
| ME | 8 |
| AL | 8 |
| AR | 8 |
| HI | 7 |
| SC | 6 |
| NV | 6 |
| UT | 5 |
| SD | 5 |
| MT | 4 |
| MS | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,398
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN980
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH952
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD620
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA608
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA489
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT417
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA365
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX282
- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA243
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $127,656; middle half $100,000 to $160,306 · median prevailing wage $115,170 (marker) · 1,374 applications.
- Level I441
- Level II414
- Level III237
- Level IV223
- Actuarial Analyst1,100
- Associate Actuary400
- Actuarial Assistant390
- Actuarial Associate390
- Actuary332
- Senior Actuarial Analyst310
- Consultant250
- Senior Consultant233
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- St. Louis, MO-IL
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