Highest-paying Cities for Insurance Underwriters

The top 100 highest paying cities for insurance underwriters (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 underwriters in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $118,810, Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina is the highest paying city for insurance underwriters. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $117,680). 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 underwriters in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$118,810	$56,300	n/a
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$117,680	$76,980	120
3	Billings, Montana	$106,700	$56,780	40
4	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$103,910	$65,040	50
5	Rapid City, South Dakota	$103,080	$77,230	80
6	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$102,550	$65,930	70
7	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$101,510	$63,570	320
8	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$101,200	$37,320	40
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$100,830	$64,350	880
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$99,130	$62,250	7,760
11	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$98,030	$98,030	n/a
12	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$97,620	$48,070	40
13	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$96,310	$63,100	50
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$96,110	$59,950	1,780
15	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$96,040	$37,710	210
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$94,710	$61,090	2,590
17	Huntsville, Alabama	$94,680	$58,380	n/a
18	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$93,190	$61,680	1,370
19	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$90,230	$53,110	840
20	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$89,270	$54,590	4,300
21	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$87,580	$44,320	430
22	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$87,450	$58,870	700
23	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$86,940	$53,890	1,240
24	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$85,710	$58,510	240
25	Manchester, New Hampshire	$85,400	$45,390	100
26	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$85,190	$58,010	410
27	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$85,130	$61,300	1,070
28	Camden, New Jersey	$85,110	$63,130	330
29	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$84,460	$28,180	500
30	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$84,340	$57,680	820
31	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$83,310	$48,910	310
32	Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$83,260	$48,680	70
33	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$83,130	$60,860	3,220
34	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$82,910	$60,800	1,740
35	Fresno, California	$82,630	$47,830	80
36	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$82,580	$53,540	390
37	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$82,290	$41,180	n/a
38	Utica-Rome, New York	$81,600	$50,770	230
39	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$81,600	$48,060	30
40	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$81,590	$56,460	60
41	Syracuse, New York	$81,370	$48,130	230
42	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$81,240	$56,630	900
43	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$81,240	$52,650	220
44	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$81,120	$59,140	830
45	Madison, Wisconsin	$81,030	$42,480	500
46	Salem, Oregon	$80,870	$58,120	70
47	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$80,500	$57,990	430
48	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$80,220	$51,000	2,490
49	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$80,110	$47,280	790
50	Rochester, New York	$80,050	$51,660	150
51	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$79,940	$45,470	1,530
52	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$79,650	$50,460	1,300
53	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$79,570	$44,170	250
54	Charlottesville, Virginia	$79,360	$49,370	80
55	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$79,310	$50,650	130
56	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$79,260	$46,240	4,760
57	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$79,240	$44,060	40
58	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$79,220	$48,130	770
59	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$79,000	$51,760	420
60	Macon, Georgia	$78,780	$51,580	290
61	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$78,760	$50,130	130
62	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$78,680	$52,380	1,370
63	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$78,670	$50,230	1,590
64	Worcester, Massachusetts	$78,520	$58,650	280
65	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$78,520	$52,300	4,910
66	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$78,500	$50,640	1,530
67	Spokane, Washington	$78,460	$51,390	210
68	Columbus, Ohio	$78,160	$51,960	900
69	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$77,890	$50,140	80
70	Akron, Ohio	$77,690	$58,230	210
71	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$77,560	$59,510	380
72	Peabody, Massachusetts	$77,420	$49,100	70
73	Stockton, California	$77,400	$54,090	50
74	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$77,370	$58,590	150
75	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$77,180	$48,700	40
76	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,150	$58,480	140
77	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$77,020	$48,620	60
78	Anchorage, Alaska	$76,850	$63,480	50
79	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$76,800	$44,910	800
80	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$76,460	$53,200	1,620
81	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$76,160	$49,700	440
82	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$76,060	$48,490	30
83	Springfield, Massachusetts	$75,990	$52,120	130
84	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$75,800	$53,510	40
85	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$75,780	$55,830	50
86	Dayton, Ohio	$75,720	$51,450	60
87	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$75,310	$48,370	230
88	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$75,310	$48,640	170
89	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$75,230	$41,060	3,960
90	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$75,200	$58,150	90
91	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$74,700	$49,870	1,400
92	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$74,620	$47,410	280
93	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$74,370	$46,550	40
94	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$74,100	$50,380	180
95	Goldsboro, North Carolina	$73,930	$46,790	70
96	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$73,880	$47,000	340
97	Framingham, Massachusetts	$73,680	$48,440	130
98	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$73,250	$48,060	650
99	Gainesville, Georgia	$73,160	$36,630	120
100	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$72,870	$49,500	30

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