Pay distribution $40,980 10th $50,150 25th $82,970 75th $144,990 90th
Half of Insurance Sales Agents in the Ithaca metro area earn more than $59,840 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,150 and $82,970.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $40,980 $50,150 $59,840 $82,970 $144,990 Hourly $19.70 $24.11 $28.77 $39.89 $69.71
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Ithaca metro areathis metro area
$59,840 median for Ithaca metro area; middle half earns $50,150 to $82,970
$78,110 median for New York; middle half earns $55,810 to $125,350
$62,280 median for United States; middle half earns $46,870 to $96,950
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −23% vs New York overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $29,990 $51,873 $73,757 $95,640 Arecibo, PR — $29,990 Mayaguez, PR — $34,600 Aguadilla, PR — $34,800 El Paso, TX — $35,210 Lawton, OK — $36,280 Las Cruces, NM — $36,760 Logan, UT-ID — $36,760 Ponce, PR — $36,920 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $37,180 Guayama, PR — $37,370 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $37,530 Lake Charles, LA — $37,650 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $38,390 Amarillo, TX — $38,580 Texarkana, TX-AR — $40,830 Laredo, TX — $43,260 Farmington, NM — $43,780 Longview, TX — $44,490 Tallahassee, FL — $44,550 College Station-Bryan, TX — $44,730 Waco, TX — $44,820 Tyler, TX — $45,060 Jackson, MI — $45,080 Springfield, MO — $45,160 Beckley, WV — $45,270 Bay City, MI — $45,370 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $45,710 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $45,720 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $45,750 Albuquerque, NM — $45,760 Morgantown, WV — $46,080 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $46,220 Eagle Pass, TX — $46,220 Ogden, UT — $46,240 Odessa, TX — $46,250 Montgomery, AL — $46,410 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,460 Santa Fe, NM — $46,580 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $46,830 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $46,880 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $46,950 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $46,950 Victoria, TX — $46,960 Enid, OK — $46,990 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $47,040 Peoria, IL — $47,180 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $47,470 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $47,530 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $47,630 Sebring, FL — $47,630 Homosassa Springs, FL — $47,750 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $47,900 Monroe, LA — $47,980 Lynchburg, VA — $47,990 Albany, GA — $48,020 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $48,050 Sherman-Denison, TX — $48,120 Midland, TX — $48,140 Chico, CA — $48,170 Elizabethtown, KY — $48,270 Gainesville, FL — $48,340 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $48,340 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $48,450 Wichita Falls, TX — $48,520 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $48,560 Lubbock, TX — $48,580 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $48,630 Evansville, IN — $48,800 Wichita, KS — $48,910 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $48,940 Spartanburg, SC — $48,980 Rocky Mount, NC — $48,990 Midland, MI — $49,030 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $49,090 Corvallis, OR — $49,140 Fort Wayne, IN — $49,210 Hammond, LA — $49,240 Yuba City, CA — $49,270 Winston-Salem, NC — $49,460 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $49,520 Clarksville, TN-KY — $49,550 Greenville, NC — $49,570 Asheville, NC — $49,810 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $49,880 Redding, CA — $49,890 Alexandria, LA — $49,940 Abilene, TX — $49,960 Burlington, NC — $49,990 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $50,280 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $50,320 Joplin, MO-KS — $50,400 Anchorage, AK — $50,430 Fairbanks-College, AK — $50,440 Goldsboro, NC — $50,500 Jacksonville, NC — $50,560 Lexington Park, MD — $50,560 Corpus Christi, TX — $50,810 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $50,850 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $50,890 Carson City, NV — $50,910 Johnstown, PA — $51,000 Cleveland, TN — $51,120 Reno, NV — $51,130 Columbus, OH — $51,220 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $51,420 Glens Falls, NY — $51,440 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $51,450 Dalton, GA — $51,500 Jonesboro, AR — $51,520 Rockford, IL — $51,530 Sandusky, OH — $51,530 Valdosta, GA — $51,530 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $51,570 San Angelo, TX — $51,570 Gainesville, GA — $51,820 Warner Robins, GA — $52,010 Yakima, WA — $52,220 Yuma, AZ — $52,350 Gettysburg, PA — $52,400 Pocatello, ID — $52,410 St. George, UT — $52,580 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $52,650 Port St. Lucie, FL — $52,950 Lima, OH — $52,990 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $53,050 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $53,150 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $53,750 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $53,960 Grand Junction, CO — $54,000 Punta Gorda, FL — $54,880 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $54,940 Fayetteville, NC — $55,060 Winchester, VA-WV — $55,090 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $55,160 Altoona, PA — $55,380 St. Cloud, MN — $55,670 Grants Pass, OR — $55,830 Mansfield, OH — $55,970 Hot Springs, AR — $56,000 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $56,020 Williamsport, PA — $56,030 Wheeling, WV-OH — $56,060 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $56,240 Lewiston, ID-WA — $56,240 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $56,490 Lebanon, PA — $56,560 Saginaw, MI — $56,630 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $56,730 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $56,840 Ocala, FL — $56,940 Chambersburg, PA — $56,980 Lincoln, NE — $57,000 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $57,140 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $57,240 Walla Walla, WA — $57,250 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $57,270 Battle Creek, MI — $57,510 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $57,700 Charleston, WV — $57,710 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $57,790 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $57,890 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $58,000 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $58,110 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $58,130 Columbus, IN — $58,180 Paducah, KY-IL — $58,270 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $58,300 Pueblo, CO — $58,300 Kankakee, IL — $58,340 Napa, CA — $58,360 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $58,410 Roanoke, VA — $58,410 Longview-Kelso, WA — $58,460 Idaho Falls, ID — $58,490 Muncie, IN — $58,520 Terre Haute, IN — $58,520 Colorado Springs, CO — $58,640 State College, PA — $58,680 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $58,730 Manhattan, KS — $58,750 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $58,780 Tulsa, OK — $58,830 Duluth, MN-WI — $58,890 Ann Arbor, MI — $58,930 Harrisonburg, VA — $58,950 Owensboro, KY — $58,950 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $59,120 Gadsden, AL — $59,120 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $59,120 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $59,300 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $59,420 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $59,420 Casper, WY — $59,460 Boise City, ID — $59,470 Kokomo, IN — $59,500 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $59,510 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $59,510 Decatur, IL — $59,530 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $59,540 Salisbury, MD — $59,620 Charlottesville, VA — $59,630 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $59,800 Ithaca, NY — $59,840 Wilmington, NC — $59,880 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $59,900 Dover, DE — $59,980 Pittsburgh, PA — $59,990 Twin Falls, ID — $60,000 Flagstaff, AZ — $60,020 Baton Rouge, LA — $60,090 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $60,090 Lawrence, KS — $60,120 Salem, OR — $60,130 Visalia, CA — $60,150 Oklahoma City, OK — $60,170 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $60,260 Elmira, NY — $60,270 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $60,310 Great Falls, MT — $60,350 Toledo, OH — $60,390 Bowling Green, KY — $60,400 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $60,480 Lafayette, LA — $60,490 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $60,500 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $60,500 Niles, MI — $60,570 Killeen-Temple, TX — $60,620 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $60,680 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $60,800 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $60,820 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $60,840 Springfield, IL — $60,840 Bangor, ME — $60,850 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $60,890 Columbia, MO — $60,890 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $60,950 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $60,980 Akron, OH — $61,070 Bloomington, IN — $61,080 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $61,140 Missoula, MT — $61,200 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $61,360 Albany, OR — $61,450 Jacksonville, FL — $61,490 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,570 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $61,590 Reading, PA — $61,600 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $61,630 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $61,630 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $61,640 Fresno, CA — $61,710 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $61,720 Topeka, KS — $61,760 Springfield, OH — $61,780 Billings, MT — $61,810 Savannah, GA — $61,840 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $61,860 York-Hanover, PA — $61,990 St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,080 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,150 Tucson, AZ — $62,160 Cedar Rapids, IA — $62,220 Tuscaloosa, AL — $62,230 Bend, OR — $62,240 Richmond, VA — $62,330 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $62,350 Utica-Rome, NY — $62,390 Boulder, CO — $62,410 Florence, SC — $62,440 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $62,490 Canton-Massillon, OH — $62,550 Wausau, WI — $62,760 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $62,880 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $63,010 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $63,110 Traverse City, MI — $63,150 Bozeman, MT — $63,240 Jefferson City, MO — $63,250 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $63,300 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $63,310 Ames, IA — $63,400 Johnson City, TN — $63,400 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $63,430 Omaha, NE-IA — $63,520 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $63,580 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $63,740 Bellingham, WA — $63,760 Huntsville, AL — $63,860 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $63,860 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $63,950 Urban Honolulu, HI — $64,170 Jackson, TN — $64,310 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $64,490 Bismarck, ND — $64,590 Flint, MI — $64,600 Mobile, AL — $64,910 Eau Claire, WI — $65,020 Rome, GA — $65,030 Knoxville, TN — $65,060 Erie, PA — $65,160 Mankato, MN — $65,200 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $65,260 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $65,370 Kansas City, MO-KS — $65,410 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,530 Columbus, GA-AL — $65,680 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $65,710 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $65,820 Syracuse, NY — $65,910 Portland-South Portland, ME — $65,950 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $66,150 Sumter, SC — $66,370 Birmingham, AL — $66,640 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $67,110 Kingston, NY — $67,730 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $69,240 Lancaster, PA — $69,500 Merced, CA — $70,220 Salinas, CA — $70,220 Rochester, MN — $70,340 Minot, ND — $71,040 Fargo, ND-MN — $71,220 Iowa City, IA — $71,440 Dubuque, IA — $71,840 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $71,960 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $71,990 Cleveland, OH — $72,020 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $72,130 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $72,200 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $72,660 Modesto, CA — $73,270 Kenosha, WI — $73,400 Pittsfield, MA — $73,420 Columbia, SC — $74,100 Springfield, MA — $74,100 Medford, OR — $74,190 Grand Island, NE — $74,500 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $74,810 Greeley, CO — $74,990 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $75,080 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $75,480 Vallejo, CA — $75,580 Cheyenne, WY — $75,860 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $75,990 New Haven, CT — $76,090 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $76,200 Worcester, MA — $76,200 Jackson, MS — $76,310 Vineland, NJ — $76,480 Rapid City, SD — $76,500 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $76,580 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $76,620 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $76,650 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $76,870 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $77,000 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $77,020 Appleton, WI — $77,250 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $77,340 Monroe, MI — $77,560 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $77,590 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $77,780 Green Bay, WI — $78,490 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $78,610 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $78,890 Rochester, NY — $79,150 Barnstable Town, MA — $79,520 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $79,680 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $79,690 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $80,120 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $80,300 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $80,620 Madison, WI — $80,700 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $80,940 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $81,080 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $81,540 Sheboygan, WI — $81,550 Bloomington, IL — $82,040 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $83,990 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $84,670 Fond du Lac, WI — $95,110 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $95,640 Ithaca metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Ithaca metro area has the 179th-highest published median for this occupation among the 381 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in New York Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for insurance sales agents, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Ithaca metro areathis page
$59,840 median for Ithaca metro area; middle half earns $50,150 to $82,970
$80,620 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $59,970 to $129,090
$79,150 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $62,960 to $103,140
$76,580 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $62,640 to $97,500
$71,960 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $55,050 to $99,210
$67,730 median for Kingston metro area; middle half earns $50,310 to $75,380
$65,910 median for Syracuse metro area; middle half earns $49,990 to $100,260
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Retail Salespersons $35,510 Cashiers $35,470 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers $50,110 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel $61,930 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products $68,240 Counter and Rental Clerks $42,590 Highest-paying metro areas for insurance sales agentss · Highest-paying occupations in Ithaca Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .