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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
Median wage$127,656certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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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

476952FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
476952FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008106
FY2009219
FY2010663
FY2011641
FY2012638
FY2013521
FY2014646
FY2015834
FY2016845
FY2017778
FY2018952
FY2019761
FY2020657
FY2021596
FY2022673
FY2023616
FY2024568
FY2025691
FY2026*443
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*336107
FY2025551140
FY202451949
FY202354868
FY202258390
FY2021473123
FY202057780
FY2019654107
FY2018806146
FY2017662116
FY2016705140
FY2015684150
FY201454799
FY201345665
FY201255583
FY201154299
FY2010522141
FY200913584
FY20080106

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP1,106
  2. Deloitte Consulting LLP714
  3. The Prudential Insurance Company489
  4. American General Life Insurance Company366
  5. Transamerica Life Insurance Company268
  6. New York Life Insurance Company258
  7. Milliman, Inc.252
  8. Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP250
  9. Towers Watson Delaware Inc.236
  10. Aon Consulting, Inc.221
  11. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.218
  12. Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.196

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Actuaries: applications by worksite state

1+8+26+107+265+
1+8+26+107+265+
Data table
StateApplications
NY2,472
CA1,203
NJ1,054
IL1,013
MA993
CT604
PA602
TX570
GA409
IA408
NC265
VA254
FL219
WA192
OH176
MI141
MO128
IN127
WI119
MN111
MD107
CO82
DE78
OR74
KS54
NE54
KY51
TN47
AZ46
RI26
GU15
NH15
OK14
DC14
ID13
PR10
NM9
LA9
VT8
ME8
AL8
AR8
HI7
SC6
NV6
UT5
SD5
MT4
MS1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,398
  2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN980
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH952
  4. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD620
  5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA608
  6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA489
  7. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT417
  8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA365
  9. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX282
  10. 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.

$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I441
  2. Level II414
  3. Level III237
  4. Level IV223
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Actuarial Analyst1,100
  2. Associate Actuary400
  3. Actuarial Assistant390
  4. Actuarial Associate390
  5. Actuary332
  6. Senior Actuarial Analyst310
  7. Consultant250
  8. 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