Highest-paying Cities for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents

The top 100 highest paying cities for securities, commodities, and financial services 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 securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $147,230, New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York is the highest paying city for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents. It is followed by Framingham, Massachusetts (average annual salary $140,420). 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 securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$147,230	$48,310	52,190
2	Framingham, Massachusetts	$140,420	$50,450	210
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$136,810	$54,120	61,780
4	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$124,990	$50,890	3,720
5	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$118,320	$87,460	n/a
6	Bismarck, North Dakota	$109,550	$40,990	80
7	Peabody, Massachusetts	$107,830	$50,900	210
8	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$102,410	$48,610	480
9	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$100,800	$46,200	70
10	Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire	$97,000	$41,670	50
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$87,630	$40,950	9,300
12	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$82,930	$35,210	170
13	Anderson, Indiana	$82,730	$32,300	50
14	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$82,620	$19,600	40
15	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$82,320	$49,490	10,150
16	Fargo, North Dakota	$81,260	$39,190	250
17	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$80,820	$50,380	190
18	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$80,360	$42,530	230
19	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$80,000	$46,200	7,890
20	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$79,450	$49,260	11,530
21	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$78,670	$40,520	120
22	Danville, Virginia	$78,480	$42,760	30
23	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$78,250	$48,130	150
24	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$78,180	$39,090	80
25	Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$78,110	$44,360	70
26	Syracuse, New York	$78,010	$39,800	630
27	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$77,770	$35,150	2,060
28	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$77,660	$46,870	6,840
29	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$77,090	$49,660	1,580
30	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$76,390	$46,890	70
31	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$76,390	$46,740	180
32	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$76,340	$45,960	180
33	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$76,290	$39,180	60
34	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$76,240	$31,800	2,190
35	Utica-Rome, New York	$76,230	$44,130	150
36	Lubbock, Texas	$76,070	$40,160	230
37	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$75,930	$37,430	3,760
38	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$75,300	$41,250	240
39	Manchester, New Hampshire	$75,260	$46,620	200
40	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$75,180	$50,070	3,080
41	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$75,090	$46,350	300
42	Springfield, Ohio	$74,950	$37,140	70
43	Columbus, Ohio	$74,730	$47,750	3,050
44	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$74,670	$46,970	90
45	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$74,530	$45,030	21,190
46	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$74,100	$39,540	2,650
47	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$73,870	$40,590	1,380
48	New Haven, Connecticut	$73,490	$46,270	630
49	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$73,410	$36,600	60
50	Springfield, Illinois	$72,990	$38,380	360
51	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$72,870	$35,250	3,420
52	Richmond, Virginia	$72,670	$39,680	2,670
53	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$72,590	$46,000	13,200
54	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$72,380	$38,740	40
55	Madison, Wisconsin	$71,910	$40,190	680
56	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$71,730	$29,920	1,350
57	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$71,510	$48,580	1,760
58	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$70,840	$47,530	50
59	Memphis, Tennessee	$70,730	$39,090	1,170
60	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$70,560	$38,370	120
61	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$70,460	$43,240	430
62	Nashua, New Hampshire	$70,050	$18,760	970
63	Wichita, Kansas	$69,990	$43,530	360
64	Columbus, Indiana	$69,550	$43,780	40
65	Wilmington, New Jersey	$69,330	$35,220	1,970
66	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$68,000	$28,040	16,340
67	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$67,920	$43,680	50
68	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$67,810	$41,090	90
69	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$67,750	$47,370	20,720
70	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$66,990	$34,870	4,620
71	Boulder, Colorado	$66,970	$40,430	590
72	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$66,680	$40,200	12,260
73	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$66,570	$45,950	1,850
74	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$66,020	$33,670	11,920
75	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$65,820	$38,780	5,830
76	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$65,500	$38,380	120
77	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$65,460	$43,370	310
78	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$65,430	$42,550	80
79	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$65,330	$44,750	n/a
80	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$65,200	$42,690	550
81	Anchorage, Alaska	$65,120	$48,320	150
82	Roanoke, Virginia	$64,990	$38,550	310
83	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$64,940	$46,650	5,280
84	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$64,860	$25,880	50
85	Bangor, Maine	$64,830	$46,620	70
86	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$64,590	$44,930	910
87	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$64,590	$45,330	1,680
88	Muncie, Indiana	$64,550	$37,570	70
89	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$64,280	$45,420	2,270
90	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$64,240	$24,020	290
91	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$64,020	$34,880	100
92	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$63,890	$47,210	1,260
93	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$63,870	$33,370	640
94	Kingston, New York	$63,760	$44,750	100
95	Glens Falls, New York	$63,720	$37,420	70
96	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$63,600	$45,690	150
97	Kansas City, Missouri	$63,450	$43,720	2,410
98	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$63,440	$43,180	5,010
99	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$63,370	$48,870	50
100	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$63,140	$36,080	4,190

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