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Insurance Sales Agents — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$62,280
United States, 2025
Employment
479,100
United States, 2025
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone 4
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Sell life, property, casualty, health, automotive, or other types of insurance. May refer clients to independent brokers, work as an independent broker, or be employed by an insurance company.
- O*NET code
- 41-3021.00
- Job zone
- 4
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Customize insurance programs to suit individual customers, often covering a variety of risks.
- Sell various types of insurance policies to businesses and individuals on behalf of insurance companies, including automobile, fire, life, property, medical and dental insurance, or specialized policies, such as marine, farm/crop, and medical malpractice.
- Explain features, advantages, and disadvantages of various policies to promote sale of insurance plans.
- Perform administrative tasks, such as maintaining records and handling policy renewals.
- Seek out new clients and develop clientele by networking to find new customers and generate lists of prospective clients.
- Call on policyholders to deliver and explain policy, to analyze insurance program and suggest additions or changes, or to change beneficiaries.
- Confer with clients to obtain and provide information when claims are made on a policy.
- Interview prospective clients to obtain data about their financial resources and needs, the physical condition of the person or property to be insured, and to discuss any existing coverage.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$37,330
25th percentile
$46,870
75th percentile
$96,950
90th percentile
$138,140
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension4.0
- Speaking3.9
- Active Listening3.9
- Critical Thinking3.8
- Persuasion3.6
- Writing3.6
- Time Management3.5
- Service Orientation3.4
- Negotiation3.3
- Social Perceptiveness3.1
- Judgment and Decision Making3.0
- Mathematics3.0
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 14 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
14
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Speaking | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Active Listening | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Persuasion | 3.6 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Writing | 3.6 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Service Orientation | 3.4 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Negotiation | 3.3 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Time Management | 3.5 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Active Learning | 3.0 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.0 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Mathematics | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Coordination | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Insurance Sales AgentsHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | $95,640 | 4,860 | 2025 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | $95,110 | 120 | 2025 |
| Minneapolis, MN | $84,670 | 6,750 | 2025 |
| DC | $84,530 | — | 2025 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $83,990 | 350 | 2025 |
| Bloomington, IL | $82,040 | 780 | 2025 |
| NJ | $81,640 | 11,370 | 2025 |
| Sheboygan, WI | $81,550 | 100 | 2025 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $81,540 | 8,480 | 2025 |
| Milwaukee, WI | $81,080 | 2,250 | 2025 |
| Sacramento, CA | $80,940 | 2,780 | 2025 |
| Madison, WI | $80,700 | 1,090 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $80,620 | 21,280 | 2025 |
| La Crosse, WI | $80,300 | 130 | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $80,120 | 7,420 | 2025 |
| RI | $79,930 | 1,700 | 2025 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | $79,690 | 660 | 2025 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $79,680 | 440 | 2025 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $79,520 | 180 | 2025 |
| WI | $79,450 | 7,860 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.