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Best job boards for actuaries in 2026: an honest comparison

Nassim Ezzakraoui ·

Best job boards for actuaries in 2026, compared by ActuariesConnect

Short answer. Job boards give you volume: Actuary List for the widest view, the SOA Job Center and CAS Career Center in the US, The Actuary Jobs and Actuarial Post Jobs in the UK. But they all work the same way: you set generic filters, then read through every listing that fits them. If you would rather receive only the roles that fit your experience, ibnr, by ActuariesConnect, starts from your CV instead: AI reads your profile and judges every new permanent role and freelance mission against it, including roles that never reach a job board.

No single board covers the whole actuarial market, and none of them knows who you are. This guide compares eight options on what actually matters to a candidate: where the roles come from, how you find the one that fits, what you pay, and whether contract work is listed.

All facts below come from each publisher’s own public pages, checked on 10 November 2026. Job counts move every day, so treat them as an order of magnitude.

The comparison at a glance

Board Main market Where the roles come from How you find the right role Cost for candidates Contract or freelance roles
Actuary List Global, US first Listings gathered from other sites Browse by country, weekly alert email No candidate pricing shown Some, via a “Contract” tag
Acturhire US Employers and recruiters who post Filters: remote, entry level, line of business Free tier; Pro $20/month or $192/year No dedicated filter
The Actuary Jobs UK Employers and recruiters who post Few filters, mostly generic See the site See the site
SOA Job Center US, life, health, pension Employers who post Generic search filters See the site See the site
CAS Career Center US, property and casualty Employers who post Generic search filters, job alerts Not stated No dedicated filter
Actuary.com US and Canada Employers who post Generic search filters, job alerts Not stated No dedicated filter
Actuarial Post Jobs UK, plus Europe, US, Asia Pacific Employers and recruiters who post Region filters, job alerts, RSS Not stated Some listings, no filter
ibnr (ActuariesConnect) Any country you choose Roles published online, including those only announced in a LinkedIn post AI reads your CV and judges each new role against it $19.90/month or $159/year Yes, permanent and freelance

“See the site” means the publisher’s pages could not be checked for this guide. We prefer to leave a cell open rather than guess.

Actuary List: the largest listing, one click from the source

Actuary List is the specialist site with the most listings we found. On 10 November 2026 its homepage showed 2,863 jobs, with the largest groups in the US (1,004), the UK (730), Canada (262) and remote roles (376). The site is run by Syed Raza, a New York actuary who acquired it from its founder.

Actuary List is a listing, not a place where employers recruit. It gathers roles published elsewhere, and applying sends you to the employer’s careers page or to another site. You do not get a direct contact with the employer, and nothing guarantees the role is still open: when we tested a listing on 10 November 2026, the offer behind it no longer existed.

  • For candidates: a job alert email you join with a simple sign-up form. The site states that more than 2,200 actuaries have joined. Some listings show a salary range.
  • Contract work: there is no job type filter, but a “Contract” tag groups the contract roles.
  • For employers: pricing is on request through the hire page.

Best for: anyone who wants the widest view of the market, especially in the US and the UK. Less suited to: candidates who want precise filters, or who want to know a role is still open before spending time on it.

Acturhire: US filters for those ready to pay

Acturhire listed 1,362 jobs on 10 November 2026, mostly in the US. Its filters go a little further than most boards: employer or recruiter, remote, entry level, and property and casualty, life or health. They remain broad categories, so a pricing actuary and a reserving actuary in the same line of business see the same results.

  • For candidates: the free account works, but its holders “may see the same listings up to 24 hours later”. The Pro plan costs $20 a month or $192 a year, with seven days free, and adds smart alerts, resume tailoring and fit checks on listings you open. A salary section and salary estimates on some listings help you benchmark an offer.
  • For employers: a flat $500 for a 30-day posting, included in the weekly email.

Best for: US actuaries in an active search, where a day’s head start matters. Less suited to: actuaries in Europe, or anyone who does not want to sort listings by hand.

The Actuary Jobs: the UK profession’s own board

The Actuary Jobs is the job board attached to The Actuary, the magazine of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. For UK candidates it is the board most closely tied to the profession itself. Its search offers few filters, so finding the role that matches your experience means reading through many listings that only fit on paper.

Best for: UK-based actuaries, and anyone targeting UK employers. Less suited to: candidates who want the board to narrow the search for them.

SOA Job Center and CAS Career Center: the US society boards

The two US actuarial societies each run a career centre, and the split mirrors their exams.

  • SOA Job Center, run by the Society of Actuaries. Its employer pricing page covers job postings, “Job Flash” packages and resume purchases. Its pages could not be checked in detail for this guide.
  • CAS Career Center, run by the Casualty Actuarial Society. Candidates can post a resume and set up job alerts, and there are sections for internships and international roles. The CAS states that it removes life and pension listings, so the board stays focused on property and casualty.

Both boards rely on generic search criteria: you get every role that fits them, relevant to your experience or not.

Best for: credentialed and student actuaries in the US who want employers that recruit inside the society. Less suited to: anyone outside the US, or a P&C actuary relying on the SOA board alone.

Actuary.com: a long-standing US board

Actuary.com covers the US and Canada, with a section for other countries. Candidates can set up job alerts and post a resume. The site says new postings are emailed to its registered job seekers. It shows no job count, and its filters stay generic, with none for contract work.

Best for: US and Canadian actuaries who want one more source of alerts.

Actuarial Post Jobs: UK first, with international listings

Actuarial Post Jobs is the job board of the Actuarial Post news site. It covers “the UK and worldwide”, with filters for UK regions, Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. Candidates can register for job alerts or follow an RSS feed. Beyond region, the filters are thin, and some listings are contracts with no way to filter for them.

Best for: UK actuaries, and Europeans looking at UK employers.

What every board has in common

Every board above asks you to describe what you want with the same generic criteria: country, keyword, sometimes a line of business. The results are just as generic. You still read each listing to find out whether it fits a pricing actuary with eight years in motor, or a reserving lead moving into IFRS 17.

Boards also only show what reaches them. A role appears once an employer pays to post it, or once the board picks it up from another site. Many actuarial roles are never posted on a board at all: a hiring manager announces them in a LinkedIn post, a recruiter shares them with their network, and they are filled before any listing exists.

ibnr: roles matched to your CV, including those no board lists

ibnr is the alert service of ActuariesConnect, and it works the other way round. You do not set filters. You upload your CV once, and AI reads your whole experience: what you actually do, the lines of business you know, your seniority, where you want to work. You check the profile it builds and adjust anything that is off.

From there, every new role is judged against that profile, the way an experienced recruiter would read it, not against a list of keywords. You receive the roles that fit your experience, and not the ones that only share a word with your search.

  • Roles as soon as they are published. ibnr does not wait for an employer to post on a board: it picks up a role as soon as it is published online.
  • Roles that never reach a listing. ibnr also reads the roles announced only in a LinkedIn post, by a hiring manager or a recruiter. No job board can show you those.
  • Straight to the source. Each alert links to the original post, so you reach the person who published the role while it is fresh.
  • Permanent and freelance in one place. You choose permanent roles, freelance missions or both, the countries you want, and whether you only want remote work.
  • It improves with you. Each alert lets you say whether it was a good match, and that feedback sharpens the next ones.

Price: $19.90 a month or $159 a year, cancel anytime. ibnr is in private beta: with an invite code, signing up requires no payment.

Best for: employed actuaries who want to hear about the right role without searching every week, and independents who want missions and permanent roles in the same alert. Less suited to: anyone who wants to browse every listing in the market for its own sake. A volume board does that.

If you work as an independent actuary, the ActuariesConnect marketplace also lists missions you can apply to directly, with contract, timesheets and payment handled on the platform.

What about LinkedIn, Indeed and recruiters?

Generalist sites carry many actuarial roles, often the same ones you find on specialist boards. LinkedIn lets you keep up to 20 job alerts, sent daily by default. Indeed sends email alerts for new jobs matching your search. Their weakness is precision: a search for “actuary” also returns roles that only mention the word. And a LinkedIn job alert only covers formal job listings, not the roles announced in a simple post.

Specialist recruiters are another channel. Many senior and confidential roles are never posted at all. DW Simpson, for example, publishes current openings and an annual salary survey of the profession. A recruiter works best alongside a board, not instead of one.

How to choose your combination

  1. One alert that knows your profile. ibnr reads your CV and sends you the roles that fit, including those that never reach a board.
  2. One volume source, if you like to browse. Actuary List, or LinkedIn if you prefer one inbox for everything.
  3. Your society’s board. The SOA or CAS in the US, The Actuary Jobs in the UK.
  4. If you take contract work, make sure your alert covers missions: the specialist boards rarely let you filter contract roles.

Three questions settle most choices. Where do you want to work? Do you want to browse, or to be told? And do you want permanent roles, missions, or both?

FAQ

What is the best job board for actuaries? It depends on how you search. By listing volume, Actuary List was the largest specialist site we checked, with 2,863 jobs on 10 November 2026. In the US, the SOA and CAS boards add employers that recruit inside each society. In the UK, start with The Actuary Jobs and Actuarial Post Jobs. If you want roles matched to your experience rather than to generic filters, ibnr starts from your CV.

Are the roles on actuarial job boards still open? Not always. Sites that gather listings from elsewhere send you to the original page, and the role may already be filled. Alerts that link to the original post as soon as it is published give you the best chance to apply while the role is open.

Are actuarial job boards free for candidates? Most show no candidate pricing. Acturhire has a free tier and a Pro plan at $20 a month or $192 a year. ibnr costs $19.90 a month or $159 a year, and needs no payment during its private beta with an invite code.

Where can I find freelance or contract actuarial work? General actuarial boards list some contract roles but rarely offer a filter for them. ibnr alerts cover freelance missions as well as permanent roles, and the ActuariesConnect marketplace lists missions directly.

Which board should a property and casualty actuary use in the US? The CAS Career Center, which removes life and pension listings, plus a volume board such as Actuary List or Acturhire, whose filters include property and casualty.

How do I find actuarial jobs that are not posted on job boards? Many roles are only announced in a LinkedIn post by a hiring manager or a recruiter, or shared through a recruiter’s network. ibnr picks up the roles announced in posts, and a specialist recruiter covers the confidential ones.

Sources

All pages consulted on 10 November 2026.