Insurance Underwriters Salary
Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Insurance Underwriters positions across the United States.
Median Annual Salary
$79,880
National average
Salary Range
$51,640 – $138,020
10th–90th percentile
Data Year
2024
Source: BLS
Insurance Underwriters Salary by City
| Location | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $129,950 | $92,840 | $129,950 |
| Vermont | $106,790 | $60,490 | $106,790 |
| Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $106,790 | $50,890 | $106,790 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $106,380 | $74,870 | $174,020 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $103,270 | $63,710 | $164,260 |
| District of Columbia | $100,660 | $69,280 | $184,700 |
| Colorado | $100,050 | $70,420 | $167,280 |
| Massachusetts | $100,050 | $63,160 | $162,590 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $98,860 | $60,490 | $160,620 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $98,500 | $63,330 | $173,170 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $98,400 | $65,260 | $143,530 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $98,280 | $62,650 | $151,330 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | $98,160 | $52,930 | $102,300 |
| Appleton, WI | $96,890 | $59,890 | $127,380 |
| Maine | $96,600 | $61,110 | $133,170 |
| New Hampshire | $96,100 | $62,930 | $140,140 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | $95,720 | $50,070 | $128,270 |
| Connecticut | $95,460 | $64,840 | $143,530 |
| Washington | $95,310 | $62,600 | $170,130 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $94,730 | $60,190 | $155,140 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $94,210 | $75,200 | $172,500 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $93,760 | $62,040 | $165,390 |
| New Jersey | $93,500 | $64,790 | $143,540 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $93,320 | $78,490 | $188,880 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $93,240 | $59,550 | $168,070 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $93,120 | $60,520 | $145,290 |
| Topeka, KS | $92,520 | $49,180 | $176,820 |
| Springfield, IL | $92,290 | $52,670 | $148,320 |
| Springfield, MA | $92,180 | $57,800 | $125,130 |
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $91,070 | $59,820 | $146,180 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $90,770 | $60,150 | $124,840 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $89,990 | $60,050 | $131,130 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $89,630 | $61,200 | $158,640 |
| Rockford, IL | $89,410 | $58,300 | $156,550 |
| Maryland | $88,820 | $60,130 | $133,440 |
| Rochester, NY | $88,180 | $48,660 | $146,380 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $88,030 | $57,290 | $152,620 |
| Savannah, GA | $88,000 | $38,500 | $128,330 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $87,950 | $63,490 | $131,380 |
| Nevada | $87,290 | $62,650 | $129,650 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $87,250 | $49,850 | $164,030 |
| California | $87,200 | $63,000 | $162,860 |
| Spartanburg, SC | $86,720 | $37,240 | $96,460 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | $86,240 | $52,440 | $125,950 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $85,930 | $63,210 | $144,550 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $85,570 | $57,160 | $168,080 |
| Worcester, MA | $85,140 | $61,940 | $151,290 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $84,950 | $62,790 | $153,520 |
| Illinois | $84,580 | $51,460 | $158,600 |
| Columbus, OH | $84,490 | $54,920 | $151,210 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | $84,240 | $64,430 | $115,820 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $84,020 | $63,120 | $158,480 |
| New York | $83,970 | $46,970 | $163,490 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $83,600 | $53,610 | $152,160 |
| South Dakota | $83,370 | $57,760 | $176,940 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $83,300 | $56,950 | $192,310 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | $82,990 | $61,110 | $133,170 |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $82,960 | $65,240 | $128,960 |
| East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $82,320 | $57,760 | $161,640 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $82,300 | $53,930 | $135,040 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | $82,020 | $54,330 | $151,180 |
| Kansas | $81,920 | $49,560 | $158,230 |
| Kentucky | $81,760 | $52,930 | $127,050 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $81,480 | $60,310 | $135,730 |
| West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $81,470 | $43,150 | $129,980 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $81,280 | $52,840 | $172,240 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $81,240 | $62,960 | $143,410 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $81,190 | $50,940 | $124,730 |
| South Carolina | $81,080 | $49,580 | $122,600 |
| Rhode Island | $80,960 | $53,850 | $130,100 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $80,920 | $57,740 | $120,870 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $80,800 | $53,480 | $162,380 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $80,690 | $54,310 | $132,020 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $80,360 | $51,340 | $135,450 |
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $80,230 | $44,440 | $160,530 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $80,200 | $55,330 | $129,570 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $80,190 | $50,130 | $159,950 |
| New Haven, CT | $80,150 | $60,970 | $125,820 |
| Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $80,060 | $44,950 | $101,870 |
| Florida | $80,000 | $51,210 | $133,640 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $79,990 | $61,190 | $160,830 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | $79,980 | $51,860 | $102,460 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $79,970 | $51,130 | $129,390 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $79,950 | $61,140 | $134,510 |
| Ohio | $79,820 | $50,630 | $128,970 |
| Boise City, ID | $79,790 | $65,690 | $119,510 |
| Cleveland, OH | $79,770 | $50,780 | $127,870 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $79,760 | $51,660 | $136,560 |
| Syracuse, NY | $79,690 | $58,040 | $142,110 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $79,550 | $37,590 | $118,830 |
| Oregon | $79,290 | $51,020 | $129,000 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $79,280 | $59,170 | $120,360 |
| Idaho | $79,250 | $49,620 | $119,500 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $79,220 | $60,950 | $141,200 |
| Tennessee | $79,190 | $52,840 | $128,960 |
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $78,980 | $48,450 | $138,260 |
| Minnesota | $78,950 | $57,850 | $134,490 |
| Salem, OR | $78,920 | $53,650 | $123,890 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $78,880 | $55,690 | $144,200 |
| Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $78,690 | $60,850 | $106,070 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $78,220 | $50,000 | $137,690 |
| Pennsylvania | $78,220 | $47,860 | $139,210 |
| Lancaster, PA | $78,220 | $47,940 | $133,180 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $78,170 | $54,680 | $132,700 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $78,140 | $48,860 | $123,110 |
| Missouri | $78,100 | $48,670 | $119,410 |
| Georgia | $78,000 | $59,110 | $137,610 |
| Wisconsin | $77,940 | $61,020 | $125,860 |
| Madison, WI | $77,940 | $61,120 | $129,240 |
| Richmond, VA | $77,930 | $60,900 | $131,430 |
| Youngstown-Warren, OH | $77,820 | $49,110 | $130,970 |
| Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $77,800 | $56,480 | $138,370 |
| Iowa | $77,660 | $49,400 | $166,340 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $77,460 | $48,580 | $129,390 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $77,120 | $49,010 | $128,370 |
| Virginia | $77,110 | $54,500 | $130,620 |
| Michigan | $77,060 | $49,270 | $114,790 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | $77,010 | $50,960 | $123,560 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $77,000 | $41,490 | $121,710 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $76,970 | $59,600 | $158,580 |
| Hawaii | $76,810 | $53,860 | $124,130 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $76,800 | $50,840 | $146,450 |
| Texas | $76,760 | $47,230 | $136,100 |
| Knoxville, TN | $76,750 | $52,550 | $129,310 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $76,660 | $53,860 | $121,400 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $76,640 | $46,650 | $151,170 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $76,630 | $56,340 | $122,600 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $76,570 | $46,800 | $128,270 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $76,530 | $51,800 | $124,850 |
| Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $76,450 | $63,760 | $126,710 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | $76,150 | $52,780 | $97,240 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $75,870 | $47,120 | $114,870 |
| Lima, OH | $75,860 | $54,340 | $151,420 |
| Lincoln, NE | $75,610 | $50,370 | $119,010 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $75,550 | $51,380 | $131,620 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $75,350 | $49,470 | $136,490 |
| Nebraska | $75,280 | $50,680 | $109,910 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $74,910 | $43,040 | $117,800 |
| Fresno, CA | $74,840 | $59,530 | $135,930 |
| Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $74,710 | $50,290 | $104,280 |
| Mobile, AL | $74,590 | $31,230 | $142,830 |
| Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $74,400 | $62,650 | $98,150 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $74,390 | $51,480 | $132,930 |
| Akron, OH | $74,090 | $50,030 | $129,490 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $74,080 | $48,440 | $104,320 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $73,890 | $55,810 | $121,570 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | $73,860 | $46,210 | $140,270 |
| Peoria, IL | $73,840 | $53,170 | $124,330 |
| Arizona | $73,740 | $48,440 | $104,890 |
| Charlottesville, VA | $73,510 | $49,310 | $153,870 |
| Bloomington, IL | $73,490 | $45,510 | $124,890 |
| Tulsa, OK | $73,050 | $46,550 | $126,470 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | $72,980 | $46,780 | $123,670 |
| Wausau, WI | $72,940 | $48,870 | $118,770 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $72,660 | $50,680 | $109,910 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $72,630 | $48,850 | $120,910 |
| Eau Claire, WI | $72,600 | $48,880 | $123,880 |
| North Carolina | $72,180 | $48,800 | $128,970 |
| South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $71,900 | $37,490 | $123,410 |
| Indiana | $71,490 | $44,100 | $128,530 |
| Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $70,700 | $48,730 | $121,800 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $70,280 | $43,700 | $108,310 |
| Reno, NV | $70,130 | $70,130 | $99,890 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $69,550 | $52,080 | $102,610 |
| Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $69,530 | $43,010 | $128,370 |
| Albuquerque, NM | $69,170 | $46,640 | $105,630 |
| Tucson, AZ | $68,830 | $53,450 | $126,690 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $68,440 | $48,750 | $130,940 |
| Oklahoma | $68,290 | $43,080 | $115,150 |
| North Dakota | $67,690 | $52,830 | $98,040 |
| Columbia, SC | $67,360 | $48,690 | $124,840 |
| Delaware | $66,960 | $39,890 | $116,990 |
| Western Washington nonmetropolitan area | $66,390 | $64,700 | $91,850 |
| Goldsboro, NC | $64,860 | $49,050 | $115,070 |
| Roanoke, VA | $64,770 | $39,230 | $105,300 |
| North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $64,520 | $48,350 | $108,670 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $64,280 | $48,350 | $146,120 |
| Birmingham, AL | $64,070 | $44,040 | $114,150 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $63,970 | $45,950 | $154,490 |
| Alabama | $63,760 | $39,500 | $105,500 |
| Arkansas | $63,690 | $40,140 | $98,050 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $63,690 | $40,710 | $91,660 |
| Charleston, WV | $63,600 | $47,500 | $99,610 |
| Louisiana | $63,480 | $47,110 | $135,200 |
| Utah | $63,410 | $43,320 | $145,710 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $62,910 | $47,390 | $132,830 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $62,680 | $46,540 | $126,430 |
| Traverse City, MI | $62,610 | $60,410 | $100,600 |
| Columbia, MO | $62,510 | $44,810 | $82,150 |
| New Mexico | $62,390 | $46,620 | $105,630 |
| Bismarck, ND | $61,970 | $53,260 | $98,040 |
| East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $61,250 | $45,310 | $131,110 |
| Tallahassee, FL | $61,160 | $39,590 | $98,030 |
| Wilmington, NC | $60,960 | $48,550 | $83,170 |
| Anchorage, AK | $60,950 | $45,910 | $103,990 |
| Montgomery, AL | $60,870 | $40,880 | $96,930 |
| Alaska | $60,860 | $45,910 | $103,990 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $60,500 | $41,100 | $100,970 |
| Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $60,430 | $48,510 | $62,040 |
| Montana | $60,350 | $36,400 | $122,500 |
| Missoula, MT | $60,350 | $49,960 | $122,500 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $59,990 | $46,850 | $116,820 |
| Lafayette, LA | $59,330 | $44,540 | $135,200 |
| Mississippi | $58,760 | $39,110 | $100,590 |
| Ogden, UT | $58,020 | $40,770 | $131,880 |
| Monroe, LA | $56,830 | $41,710 | $131,120 |
| West Virginia | $56,740 | $43,830 | $96,460 |
| Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $56,320 | $45,580 | $100,050 |
| Jackson, MS | $55,310 | $39,110 | $96,240 |
| Springfield, MO | $53,270 | $39,760 | $85,910 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $45,930 | $37,890 | $79,810 |
| Guam | $42,360 | $30,610 | $66,330 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $39,440 | $22,380 | $67,540 |
| Puerto Rico | $39,210 | $22,380 | $67,430 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Insurance Underwriters make?▾
The median annual salary for a Insurance Underwriters is $79,880, with a typical range of $51,640 – $138,020 depending on experience, location, and employer.
What is the starting salary for a Insurance Underwriters?▾
Entry-level Insurance Underwriters positions typically start around $51,640 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.
Where do Insurance Underwriterss earn the most?▾
Insurance Underwriterss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.