Washington·Sales and Related Occupations·SOC 41-3021

Best Insurance Sales Agent programs in Washington, ranked by enrollment

Sell life, property, casualty, health, automotive, or other types of insurance.

1 schools in Washington run programs that feed this job, graduating 2 people a year. The job pays a median of $61,040 in Washington across about 10,500 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledSales AgentInsurance AgentInsurance BrokerSales RepresentativeSolicitorBond WriterDebit AgentBurial Agent
Graduates / yr
2
in Washington
Median pay · Washington
$61,040
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
10,500
people employed
Schools
1
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
54%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Washington that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in Washington that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Washington (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Washington page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
12
100.0%
1$56,988$22,500

Top 1 schools in Washington

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 1 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA Public · 1 feeder programs
2Insurance54%91%

All 1 schools in Washington

Every school in Washington with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Washington that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Central Washington UniversityEllensburgPublic21

What insurance sales agents earn in Washington

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Washington
$61,040
Mean annual
$77,450
Jobs in state
10,500
What the range looks like
10th pct$44,140Median$61,04090th pct$128,680
Versus the national median
-2.0%

U.S. median $62,280. Washington pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.96×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Washington

Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
$66,150median
480 jobs
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
$61,630median
5,890 jobs
Bellingham, WA
$63,760median
300 jobs
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
$59,420median
1,310 jobs
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
$59,800median
110 jobs
Longview-Kelso, WA
$58,460median
100 jobs
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA
$47,530median
100 jobs
Yakima, WA
$52,220median
170 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+3.7%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
47,000
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
21,100
568,800 → 589,800
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
Plus moderate-term on-the-job training

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Insurance Sales Agents page.

How to become a Insurance Sales Agent

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Washington

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to Insurance Sales Agents1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 52.1701Insurance

Common questions

Answers for people weighing insurance sales agents programs in Washington.

What degree do you need to become an Insurance Sales Agent?+

High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Insurance, which awarded 2 degrees in Washington in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Insurance Sales Agent?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Insurance. Together they graduate about 2 people a year in Washington.

How much do insurance sales agents earn in Washington?+

The median is $61,040 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 2.0% below the U.S. median of $62,280. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for insurance sales agents growing?+

BLS projects a +3.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 47,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Washington?+

1 institutions in Washington reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do insurance sales agents work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Sales Agent, Insurance Agent, Insurance Broker, Sales Representative among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 41-3021.

Programs in WashingtonInsurance

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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