Insurance carriers

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    1.92M
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    44
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    2.9%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $93,163
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $120,198
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $77,050
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Insurance carriers Industry Group are insurance sales agents, claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, & investigators, and firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers. On average, full-time employees in the Insurance carriers Industry Group work 42.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $96,149. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $44,764.

    The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Insurance carriers Industry Group are McLean County--Bloomington City & Normal Town PUMA, IL, Capitol West PUMA, CT, and Glastonbury, Wethersfield, Rocky Hill & Newington Towns PUMA, CT.

    The workforce of Insurance carriers Industry Group in 2024 was 1,917,233 people, with 62.7% woman, and 37.3% men.

    In 2024, 64.9% of the workforce in the Insurance carriers Industry Group was White (1,244,529 people), of which 60.3% were women and 39.7% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Insurance carriers Industry Group.

    The workforce in Insurance carriers Industry Group was 1,917,233 people and is concentrated in Texas (178,310 workers). The average annual salary was $93,163, being $23,286 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    Y-Axis
    1.33%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 686k people employed in the Insurance Carriers industry. This represents a 1.33% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Insurance Carriers over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Texas (178k), Florida (159k), and California (147k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Insurance carriers Industry Group.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Insurance carriers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $93,163, $23,286 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.395
    WAGE GINI

    Insurance carriers has a wage GINI of 0.395, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Insurance carriers (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Insurance carriers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Insurance carriers Industry Group.

    Insurance sales agents are the most common position with 252,491 workers, but the Insurance carriers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, & investigators and Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers.

    The highest average salary in Insurance carriers goes to Chief executives & legislators.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Insurance carriers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were insurance sales agents (252,491 people), claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, & investigators (231,444 people), and firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers (132,454 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $120,198
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$3,319
    $77,050
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$1,460

    On average, Male workers in the Insurance carriers Industry Group make 1.56 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Insurance carriers Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Insurance carriers Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

    The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Insurance carriers Industry Group.

    The Insurance carriers Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry.

    California and Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Insurance carriers Industry Group.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Insurance carriers is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.

    Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Insurance carriers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Insurance carriers Industry Group is Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing.

    In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Insurance carriers is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
    2. Professional and business services
    3. Information

    The Insurance carriers Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Insurance carriers is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
    2. Professional and business services
    3. Transportation and warehousing

    The Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Insurance carriers Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Insurance carriers Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. California
      2,886
    2. Florida
      2,548
    3. Texas
      2,271

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Insurance carriers industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Insurance carriers Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 62.7% corresponds to women and 37.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $120,198 and $77,050.

    74.6% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or graduate degree.

    Gender and Age

    1,201,268
    Women
    62.7%
    715,965
    Men
    37.3%

    The workforce of Insurance carriers industry in 2024 was 1,917,233 people, with 62.7% woman, and 37.3% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Insurance carriers industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 64.9% of the workforce in the Insurance carriers industry was White (1,244,529 people), of which 60.3% were women and 39.7% men.

    Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Insurance carriers workers in 2024 were bachelors degree (732,842 people), some college (395,161 people), and graduate degree (301,364 people).

    The chart shows the Insurance carriers workforce by gender and educational level.

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    Projections

    Growth projections of the Insurance Carriers industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 2.9% in the next ten years. The Insurance Carriers industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 2.9%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (20.2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (20.2%).

    Job Growth

    2.9%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    2.9%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Insurance Carriers. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 2.9%, the average rate of national job growth.

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    Output Growth

    20.2%
    Estimate Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Insurance Carriers industry.

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