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Actuary

Prices risk over decades using exams-certified methods. The exam ladder is the moat and the misery.

Pay band (est.)
$110k–$190k
Time to competence
7 years
Licence
Required
Setting
desk
Leverage
medium
Place constraint
low
Physical demand
8/100
Hours burden
50/100

Factor percentiles

Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.

  • Play11th

    Absorbing rather than merely paid.

  • Specific knowledge51th

    A combination of skills that is hard to copy.

  • Leverage49th

    Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.

  • Demand73th

    Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.

  • Pay89th

    Mid-career floor and the range above it.

  • Body97th

    Inverse of physical demand and hours.

  • Autonomy73th

    Control of methods and time.

  • People fit63th

    Distance from your preferred people level.

  • Place flexibility88th

    Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.

  • Time to skill28th

    Inverse of years to competence.

  • Meaning load14th

    Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.

  • Downside tolerance97th

    Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.

Downside

Years of evening exam study; narrow set of employers.

Examine this against your weights

The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.

Source note: BLS/SOA-style patterns; estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.