How To Become A Business Agent: What It Is and Career Path

What is a business agent and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

2 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a business agent. For example, did you know that they make an average of $29.01 an hour? That's $60,351 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 6% and produce 32,900 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreBusiness AgentUS Average

Salary

4.7

Avg. Salary $60,351

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

6.8

Growth rate 6%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

5.6

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.15%

Asian 4.93%

Black or African American 9.47%

Hispanic or Latino 16.27%

Unknown 3.56%

White 65.62%

Gender

female 51.61%

male 48.39%

Age - 46

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 46

Stress level

6.8

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

8.9

Complexity level is advanced

7 - challenging

Work life balance

6.1

Work life balance is fair

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a business agent

Explore business agent education requirements

Most common business agent degrees

Bachelor's

53.7 %

Associate

20.2 %

High School Diploma

12.3 %

Start to develop specific business agent skills

Skills	Percentages
Phone Calls	13.72%
Dealership	12.43%
Customer Service	12.20%
Outbound Calls	8.22%
BDC	4.44%

Complete relevant business agent training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 6-12 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New business agents learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a business agent based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real business agent resumes.

Research business agent duties and responsibilities

Generate qualify leads through B2B telemarketing services specialize in identifying and nurturing prospects for computer hardware, software and technology services.
Generate qualify leads through B2B telemarketing services specialize in identifying and nurturing prospects for computer hardware, software and technology services.
Review life insurance, annuities, investment, and international banking documentation for operational and regulatory compliance.

Apply for business agent jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a business agent job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

How do business agents rate their job?

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Business agent reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Nov 2019

Pros

It give me unforgettable memories and experience In additional generating life time skills and excellence of the knowledge of is involved

Cons

It very stressful and so much calculation with the work plus graphical representation of the work experience