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Highest-paying States for Insurance Sales Agents

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.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Insurance Sales Agents (2022 Survey)

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
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