These Are The 10 Best Cities For Insurance Agents

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Whether you’re just starting out your career, or looking to make a move, it can be important to know what part of the country offers the best chance for your long term career prospects. And for a very common profession like Insurance Agents, the regional differences can have a big impact on your salary and career options.

To help you make the best decision possible, we at Zippia wanted to look at the cities that offer insurance agents the most for their career. These are the cities across the US where insurance agents get paid well, relative to the cost of living, and jobs are plentiful.

So we did what we do best and dove into the numbers from the BLS to figure out which cities have the best opportunities for insurance agents.The result is this list of the best cities insurance agents:

So there you have it — Rapid City is the best city when it comes to being a insurance agent.

And where should you consider avoiding if you’re a insurance agent? That would be Cumberland.

Read on to see how we completed our research on the best cities for insurance agents and for more on the top ten cities.

How we determined the best cities to be a insurance agents?

Here at Zippia, we talk to a lot of people of all different backgrounds looking for jobs. Our research has concluded that there are two common things people want in a job:

Availability of jobs
Pay

So in order to find out the best cities for insurance agents in America we needed to figure out where the jobs are and how well insurance agents get paid. This led to the following criteria taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s Occupational Employment Statistics for 2015:

Location quotient. A measure of how common a job is a given city.
Average annual salary.
Average annual salary for entry level work.

To make all the salary numbers more apples to apples across cities, we compared the salary data relative to the state’s cost of living.

This left us with enough data for 373 metro areas across the country. We then took the primary area of the metro and labeled that the ‘city’ for this analysis. So, for example, “Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division” became simply Boston.

In order to develop an overall ranking, we ranked each city for each criteria from 1 to 373 where 1 was the best.

We then averaged all the rankings for a city into a Job Score with the city having the lowest overall Job Score earning the distinction of being the best city for insurance agents in America.

So without further ado, let’s get into just what made each city so great for insurance agents.

1. Rapid City, SD

Total Jobs: 310
Average Annual Salary: $70,780
Average Entry Level Salary: $33,310
Location Quotient: 1.69

2. Tampa, FL

Total Jobs: 6,560
Average Annual Salary: $78,560
Average Entry Level Salary: $34,050
Location Quotient: 1.93

3. Appleton, WI

Total Jobs: 380
Average Annual Salary: $112,490
Average Entry Level Salary: $40,090
Location Quotient: 1.12

4. Kansas City, MO

Total Jobs: 3,650
Average Annual Salary: $68,080
Average Entry Level Salary: $30,840
Location Quotient: 1.27

5. Sioux Falls, SD

Total Jobs: 800
Average Annual Salary: $58,830
Average Entry Level Salary: $32,290
Location Quotient: 1.95

6. Columbia, MO

Total Jobs: 510
Average Annual Salary: $63,800
Average Entry Level Salary: $28,790
Location Quotient: 2.03

7. Columbus, OH

Total Jobs: 3,000
Average Annual Salary: $68,130
Average Entry Level Salary: $32,570
Location Quotient: 1.07

8. Minneapolis, MN

Total Jobs: 4,890
Average Annual Salary: $103,340
Average Entry Level Salary: $38,900
Location Quotient: 0.93

9. Grand Rapids, MI

Total Jobs: 1,950
Average Annual Salary: $63,410
Average Entry Level Salary: $33,730
Location Quotient: 1.33

10. Montgomery County, PA

Source:

Total Jobs: 4,340
Average Annual Salary: $89,590
Average Entry Level Salary: $28,230
Location Quotient: 1.53

And that’s our list of the best cities for insurance agents

If you’re looking to start out your career as a insurance agent these are the cities that should be at the top of your list. You’ll find high pay, available jobs, and chances for career advancement.

If you’re curious, here are the worst cities to be a insurance agent in America:

Detailed List Of The Best Cities For Insurance Agents

Rank	State	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary	# Of People
1	Rapid City, SD	$70,780	$33,310	310
2	Tampa, FL	$78,560	$34,050	6,560
3	Appleton, WI	$112,490	$40,090	380
4	Kansas City, MO	$68,080	$30,840	3,650
5	Sioux Falls, SD	$58,830	$32,290	800
6	Columbia, MO	$63,800	$28,790	510
7	Columbus, OH	$68,130	$32,570	3,000
8	Minneapolis, MN	$103,340	$38,900	4,890
9	Grand Rapids, MI	$63,410	$33,730	1,950
10	Montgomery County, PA	$89,590	$28,230	4,340
11	Bloomington, IL	$69,430	$32,230	400
12	Miami, FL	$80,010	$33,800	3,280
13	Trenton, NJ	$81,370	$39,850	650
14	Jacksonville, FL	$76,860	$35,410	1,780
15	Nassau County, NY	$83,240	$35,030	4,860
16	Fort Lauderdale, FL	$63,470	$32,520	3,920
17	Kokomo, IN	$57,300	$32,750	140
18	San Rafael, CA	$83,430	$37,680	320
19	Birmingham, AL	$59,610	$26,780	2,740
20	Cleveland, OH	$62,850	$28,350	3,290
21	Terre Haute, IN	$71,440	$33,710	170
22	Tallahassee, FL	$67,050	$32,240	580
23	Milwaukee, WI	$94,110	$29,030	2,640
24	Fargo, ND	$73,460	$30,780	340
25	Ocala, FL	$63,750	$33,370	340
26	Philadelphia, PA	$77,910	$30,830	2,350
27	Nashville, TN	$59,680	$27,260	4,160
28	Oakland, CA	$104,900	$34,290	2,830
29	Lubbock, TX	$83,520	$26,460	460
30	Youngstown, OH	$66,540	$26,750	680
31	Florence, AL	$57,300	$27,820	180
32	Greensboro, NC	$83,940	$30,720	870
33	Sebastian, FL	$59,180	$34,130	170
34	Orlando, FL	$65,670	$31,130	4,080
35	Newark, NJ	$77,720	$31,210	4,390
36	Hartford, CT	$67,080	$35,990	3,400
37	Warren, MI	$67,950	$28,440	3,690
38	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY	$65,480	$24,170	2,020
39	Framingham, MA	$86,820	$43,600	390
40	Grand Island, NE	$58,270	$28,790	150
41	Canton, OH	$69,020	$29,980	380
42	Charleston, WV	$73,710	$22,950	440
43	Little Rock, AR	$84,420	$25,710	860
44	Missoula, MT	$68,350	$27,780	160
45	Portland, OR	$67,030	$31,540	3,250
46	Mobile, AL	$62,270	$27,510	490
47	Springfield, MA	$85,540	$35,900	820
48	North Port, FL	$61,240	$34,920	800
49	Madison, WI	$72,780	$28,980	1,120
50	Portsmouth, NH	$67,780	$33,920	270
51	Boise City, ID	$82,260	$36,420	490
52	West Palm Beach, FL	$54,790	$33,350	2,340
53	Lincoln, NE	$67,790	$27,090	520
54	Green Bay, WI	$55,080	$32,030	650
55	Rochester, MN	$88,810	$43,850	190
56	Albany, NY	$109,110	$32,010	1,240
57	Atlanta, GA	$73,640	$26,070	7,420
58	Dallas, TX	$61,470	$26,230	9,140
59	Topeka, KS	$51,980	$30,970	380
60	Lawrence, KS	$74,040	$32,250	100
61	Cedar Rapids, IA	$62,200	$26,420	580
62	Lewiston, ID	$62,220	$26,680	70
63	Fairbanks, AK	$59,330	$42,450	110
64	Wausau, WI	$88,390	$32,990	130
65	Baton Rouge, LA	$53,610	$29,730	1,250
66	San Antonio, TX	$48,920	$29,420	4,620
67	New Bedford, MA	$90,070	$38,840	120
68	Fond du Lac, WI	$87,030	$36,660	80
69	Allentown, PA	$74,690	$27,380	970
70	Anniston, AL	$60,750	$29,000	100
71	Port St. Lucie, FL	$85,420	$34,220	240
72	Redding, CA	$74,850	$34,030	160
73	Detroit, MI	$67,930	$34,050	1,420
74	San Francisco, CA	$89,420	$29,230	3,180
75	Austin, TX	$65,040	$29,930	2,110
76	Charlotte, NC	$64,090	$28,560	3,130
77	New Orleans, LA	$59,070	$25,690	2,220
78	Jackson, MI	$71,200	$29,460	130
79	Pensacola, FL	$60,850	$34,480	410
80	Lakeland, FL	$49,980	$33,020	920
81	Anaheim, CA	$74,830	$30,570	5,310
82	Fort Worth, TX	$71,570	$26,960	2,440
83	Auburn, AL	$83,340	$25,570	120
84	Jackson, MS	$60,780	$23,220	1,010
85	Toledo, OH	$76,560	$34,080	360
86	Amarillo, TX	$58,250	$27,000	370
87	Cape Coral, FL	$52,870	$31,070	970
88	Dayton, OH	$99,770	$27,740	630
89	Memphis, TN	$66,990	$25,250	1,650
90	Providence, RI	$69,360	$32,130	1,310
91	Fort Wayne, IN	$56,900	$26,640	630
92	Dothan, AL	$61,450	$27,810	120
93	Des Moines, IA	$52,810	$26,660	2,100
94	Naples, FL	$59,360	$30,720	390
95	Seattle, WA	$70,040	$28,430	4,030
96	Springfield, OH	$66,930	$27,180	100
97	Grants Pass, OR	$44,460	$32,870	110
98	Michigan City, IN	$68,680	$34,490	50
99	Jackson, TN	$57,070	$29,560	140
100	Salinas, CA	$90,220	$41,310	130

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Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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