Highest-paying Cities for Insurance Sales Agents

The top 100 highest paying cities for insurance sales agents (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of insurance sales agents in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $103,840, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for insurance sales agents. It is followed by Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin (average annual salary $99,510). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of insurance sales agents in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Insurance Sales Agents

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$103,840	$49,870	1,670
2	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$99,510	$45,210	80
3	Knoxville, Tennessee	$93,600	$36,030	1,020
4	North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$83,630	$45,500	30
5	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$83,570	$53,620	380
6	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$82,810	$34,070	2,870
7	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$81,030	$47,440	80
8	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$80,720	$29,110	200
9	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$80,270	$39,190	19,500
10	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$79,490	$48,280	540
11	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$79,310	$48,590	1,050
12	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$79,180	$46,030	6,850
13	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$78,350	$45,870	2,210
14	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$78,230	$33,140	310
15	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$77,460	$46,640	160
16	Muncie, Indiana	$77,270	$46,060	70
17	Lawton, Oklahoma	$77,260	$28,110	110
18	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$76,330	$38,830	570
19	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$76,190	$30,830	1,160
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$76,120	$38,830	950
21	Framingham, Massachusetts	$75,980	$43,860	190
22	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$75,880	$37,880	4,040
23	New Haven, Connecticut	$75,840	$48,500	410
24	Worcester, Massachusetts	$75,670	$48,550	630
25	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$75,410	$34,060	120
26	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$75,380	$38,170	570
27	Salem, Oregon	$74,170	$40,840	350
28	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$74,150	$23,620	400
29	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$73,700	$36,380	2,730
30	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$72,770	$36,800	4,160
31	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$72,330	$39,470	2,710
32	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$72,240	$37,270	3,220
33	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$71,530	$37,320	4,940
34	North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$71,180	$53,200	40
35	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$68,740	$44,080	70
36	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$68,580	$35,870	290
37	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$67,820	$30,090	13,020
38	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$67,770	$21,160	120
39	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$67,300	$40,000	2,510
40	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$66,960	$35,250	16,710
41	Springfield, Massachusetts	$66,920	$46,770	840
42	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$66,850	$42,260	80
43	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$66,220	$36,360	70
44	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$65,540	$35,790	100
45	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$65,500	$40,860	1,540
46	Kingston, New York	$65,380	$34,220	110
47	Sandusky, Ohio	$65,250	$26,490	50
48	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$65,200	$46,050	30
49	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$65,090	$28,910	1,270
50	Fargo, North Dakota	$65,080	$49,000	550
51	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$64,860	$38,450	230
52	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$64,690	$38,930	270
53	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$64,630	$46,330	170
54	Rochester, New York	$64,390	$28,830	1,180
55	Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$64,350	$26,540	90
56	Syracuse, New York	$64,070	$40,670	940
57	Stockton, California	$64,010	$33,680	630
58	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$63,950	$36,420	500
59	Decatur, Alabama	$63,670	$36,250	170
60	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$63,650	$45,550	1,000
61	Rochester, Minnesota	$63,590	$38,080	210
62	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$63,440	$31,280	140
63	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$63,310	$34,770	6,590
64	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$63,300	$49,100	990
65	Bismarck, North Dakota	$63,230	$36,880	210
66	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$63,130	$36,420	190
67	Redding, California	$63,090	$35,540	240
68	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$62,970	$33,680	190
69	Napa, California	$62,950	$37,090	110
70	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$62,860	$32,140	110
71	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$62,830	$35,980	460
72	Manchester, New Hampshire	$62,800	$46,560	240
73	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$62,760	$40,890	140
74	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$62,700	$38,560	180
75	Sioux City, South Dakota	$62,630	$30,020	230
76	Grand Island, Nebraska	$62,460	$28,080	200
77	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$62,400	$36,600	150
78	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$62,380	$33,560	3,810
79	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$62,340	$37,390	180
80	Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$62,280	$38,310	260
81	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$62,200	$43,070	6,840
82	Iowa City, Iowa	$62,140	$37,200	260
83	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$62,120	$38,210	2,510
84	Modesto, California	$62,050	$32,740	300
85	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$62,040	$31,820	3,220
86	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$62,030	$37,890	3,550
87	Bloomington, Illinois	$62,030	$34,000	170
88	Kokomo, Indiana	$61,990	$35,360	100
89	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$61,980	$29,820	620
90	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$61,960	$45,550	40
91	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$61,910	$36,000	940
92	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$61,880	$31,110	670
93	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$61,840	$41,600	4,710
94	Appleton, Wisconsin	$61,750	$40,000	320
95	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$61,710	$38,430	1,540
96	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$61,600	$32,340	2,890
97	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$61,570	$37,520	560
98	Ames, Iowa	$61,510	$34,830	60
99	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$61,420	$39,280	6,750
100	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$61,250	$35,910	7,720

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for insurance sales agents.