Insurance Underwriters · SOC 13-2053

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Insurance Underwriterss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for insurance underwriters. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 142 metro areas

Insurance Underwriters: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Springfield, MA	$115,420	130	0.7
2	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$114,980	160	0.4
3	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$106,570	950	1.2
4	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$106,170	2,080	0.8
5	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$102,460	110	0.4
6	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$102,030	50	0.3
7	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$101,840	1,540	1.0
8	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$101,300	400	0.4
9	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$100,990	290	1.0
10	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$100,690	1,430	2.4
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$100,130	1,210	0.6
12	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$99,840	4,060	0.9
13	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$98,410	6,740	0.7
14	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$98,210	520	0.3
15	Worcester, MA	$98,000	310	0.9
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$97,870	2,090	0.3
17	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$97,800	100	0.5
18	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$96,730	200	0.8
19	Fresno, CA	$95,880	70	0.2
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$95,830	Not published	Not published
21	Appleton, WI	$95,610	120	0.9
22	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$95,430	5,090	1.8
23	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$95,370	200	0.4
24	Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	$95,130	50	0.5
25	Madison, WI	$95,130	480	1.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Insurance Underwriters overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.