The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $78,350, Massachusetts is the highest paying state for insurance sales agents. It is followed by New York (average annual salary $77,940). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | $78,350 |
$46,030 | 8,990 |
| 2 | New York | $77,940 |
$35,510 | 20,800 |
| 3 | Connecticut | $76,020 |
$38,990 | 4,700 |
| 4 | New Jersey | $73,690 |
$45,810 | 10,060 |
| 5 | California | $65,910 |
$35,440 | 44,190 |
| 6 | Rhode Island | $65,420 |
$40,840 | 1,630 |
| 7 | North Dakota | $65,080 |
$46,200 | 1,400 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | $62,190 |
$37,390 | 7,430 |
| 9 | Minnesota | $61,010 |
$38,310 | 9,540 |
| 10 | South Dakota | $60,950 |
$38,670 | 2,030 |
| 11 | Indiana | $60,590 |
$35,740 | 10,880 |
| 12 | Maine | $60,260 |
$40,730 | 2,030 |
| 13 | Maryland | $60,070 |
$32,520 | 5,600 |
| 14 | Delaware | $59,820 |
$28,940 | 1,450 |
| 15 | Colorado | $59,780 |
$34,630 | 10,250 |
| 16 | New Hampshire | $59,670 |
$31,280 | 1,660 |
| 17 | Washington | $59,660 |
$38,030 | 10,590 |
| 18 | Hawaii | $59,550 |
$35,270 | 1,000 |
| 19 | Kansas | $59,000 |
$31,560 | 5,510 |
| 20 | Ohio | $58,500 |
$34,500 | 14,650 |
| 21 | North Carolina | $57,940 |
$30,890 | 16,280 |
| 22 | Nebraska | $57,510 |
$36,830 | 5,110 |
| 23 | Arizona | $57,260 |
$38,810 | 10,070 |
| 24 | Michigan | $57,210 |
$34,030 | 11,790 |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | $57,170 |
$35,580 | 16,900 |
| 26 | Oregon | $56,760 |
$36,440 | 4,650 |
| 27 | Georgia | $55,900 |
$27,860 | 16,020 |
| 28 | Alabama | $55,730 |
$28,870 | 7,890 |
| 29 | Wyoming | $55,290 |
$25,030 | 770 |
| 30 | Kentucky | $54,620 |
$28,310 | 5,880 |
| 31 | Idaho | $54,440 |
$30,070 | 2,400 |
| 32 | District of Columbia | $53,720 |
$43,630 | 570 |
| 33 | West Virginia | $51,780 |
$28,220 | 1,750 |
| 34 | Iowa | $51,750 |
$31,200 | 6,760 |
| 35 | Tennessee | $50,520 |
$30,730 | 8,220 |
| 36 | Virginia | $50,270 |
$27,860 | 11,580 |
| 37 | Virgin Islands | $49,850 |
$30,580 | 60 |
| 38 | Montana | $49,300 |
$31,200 | 2,230 |
| 39 | Vermont | $49,110 |
$29,970 | 800 |
| 40 | Missouri | $48,990 |
$29,200 | 10,850 |
| 41 | Louisiana | $48,870 |
$27,650 | 5,760 |
| 42 | South Carolina | $48,710 |
$29,080 | 7,090 |
| 43 | Alaska | $48,520 |
$38,230 | 540 |
| 44 | Arkansas | $48,130 |
$29,550 | 4,150 |
| 45 | Illinois | $47,930 |
$29,680 | 13,950 |
| 46 | New Mexico | $47,200 |
$32,000 | 1,730 |
| 47 | Florida | $47,200 |
$30,010 | 39,430 |
| 48 | Utah | $46,660 |
$32,040 | 4,770 |
| 49 | Nevada | $46,570 |
$31,440 | 3,690 |
| 50 | Oklahoma | $44,160 |
$28,500 | 5,710 |
| 51 | Texas | $42,860 |
$27,180 | 41,230 |
| 52 | Mississippi | $41,960 |
$24,860 | 2,570 |
| 53 | Guam | $33,220 |
$24,980 | 60 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $29,900 |
$19,430 | 2,070 |