Salaries / Insurance Sales Agent
Sales & Business · SOC 41-3021
Insurance Sales Agent salary
Insurance sales agents sell life, health, property, and other policies, often building a book of clients over time.
Median annual
$60,000
Median hourly
$28.80
Typical range
$34,000 to $126,000
Insurance agents commonly earn a mix of salary and commission, so top earners pull well above the median.
Source: National estimate (to be replaced by live BLS data). Figures are gross pay and vary by location, employer, and experience.
The pay range, visually.
Low end (about the 10th percentile), median, and high end (about the 90th percentile).
By state
State figures are estimates derived from the national median and a state wage index, shown to give a rough sense of local differences.
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