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Underpaid detector

Am I Underpaid as a Actuary?

Compare your salary against the live Actuary market and quantify annual, five-year, and lifetime gaps.

Underpaid by

27%

Severely Underpaid

Annual gap

$35,547

Current $96,050

5-year gap

$209,727

If unaddressed

Lifetime gap

$1,384,551

25-year, 3.5% compounded

SalaryScope Underpaid Score

43

Severity: Severely Underpaid. Market midpoint for Actuary: $131,597.

Recommended next steps

  1. Open the Actuary negotiation playbook and run the market-anchored ask.
  2. If your gap exceeds 12%, benchmark 2–3 outside offers within 6 months — that's the single fastest fix.
  3. Review the certification ROI list to unlock a compounding uplift.
  4. If a promotion is plausible, model it with the promotion guide.

How we calculate market value

Your local market value blends the Actuary national distribution (p10–p90) with your experience curve. The underpaid percentage is the share of market value you're currently missing; the lifetime gap compounds that delta over 25 years at 3.5%.