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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Insurance Sales Agents

The map below shows some metro areas where the profession is more popular, compared to the size of the population, than in the rest of the country. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the US.

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Insurance Sales Agents

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Insurance Sales Agents relative to the population of the city, as of 2008.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.

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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Birmingham	2,260	$62,830	1.7
Gadsden	110	$43,220	1.5
Auburn	110	$33,220	1.1
Mobile	470	$56,640	1
Dothan	110	$38,290	0.8
Anniston	80	$45,500	0.8
Florence	80	$69,490	0.7
Montgomery	270		0.6
Huntsville	310	$51,360	0.6
Decatur	70	$47,160	0.6
Tuscaloosa	120	$64,080	0.6
ALASKA
Fairbanks	60		0.9
Anchorage	260	$56,920	0.7
ARIZONA
Phoenix	5,050	$51,980	1.1
Flagstaff	130	$55,530	1.1
Kingman	80	$56,930	0.7
Tucson	530	$38,300	0.6
ARKANSAS
Jonesboro	180	$46,610	1.6
Hot Springs	120	$32,140	1.5
Fort Smith	310		1.1
Little Rock	870	$62,260	1
Fayetteville	340	$56,690	0.7
CALIFORNIA
Hanford	70		1.1
Sacramento	2,520	$69,990	1.1
Redding	160	$43,910	1.1
Oxnard	770	$69,380	1
Chico	160	$48,080	1
Santa Rosa	430		1
Oakland	2,470	$86,410	0.9
Stockton	460	$70,620	0.9
Santa Ana	3,340	$81,930	0.9
San Francisco	2,160	$108,350	0.8
San Diego	2,720	$72,620	0.8
El Centro	90	$38,570	0.8
Modesto	290	$59,580	0.7
Santa Barbara	270		0.7
Fresno	540	$74,010	0.6
Merced	80	$52,620	0.6
Salinas	210	$58,560	0.6
Napa	80	$66,450	0.5
San Jose	1,180	$68,280	0.5
Bakersfield	330	$51,310	0.5
San Luis Obispo	110	$70,300	0.5
Visalia	150	$66,400	0.5
Riverside	1,390	$71,040	0.4
Vallejo	120	$41,680	0.4
COLORADO
Fort Collins	420	$40,460	1.5
Denver	3,650	$72,680	1.1
Colorado Springs	650	$61,620	1
Grand Junction	130	$39,500	1
Pueblo	120	$43,190	1
Greeley	140	$43,610	0.8
CONNECTICUT
Hartford	2,300	$69,960	1.6
Waterbury	140	$80,370	0.9
Bridgeport	990	$91,510	0.9
New Haven	600	$64,730	0.9
Danbury	120	$58,030	0.7
Norwich	120		0.4
DELAWARE
Dover	170	$59,850	1.4
Wilmington	740	$59,600	0.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	3,400	$63,820	0.6
FLORIDA
Palm Coast	70	$54,440	2.7
Lakeland	1,150	$49,020	2.4
Fort Lauderdale	4,340	$59,720	2.3
Tampa	6,990	$61,590	2.2
Jacksonville	3,420	$52,220	2.2
Deltona	770	$39,860	2
Panama City	320	$72,010	2
Cape Coral	1,030	$64,280	2
Naples	550	$50,100	1.9
Port St. Lucie	580	$55,350	1.9
Fort Walton Beach	330	$43,710	1.9
Punta Gorda	160	$55,180	1.9
Miami	4,720	$53,020	1.9
West Palm Beach	2,500	$84,750	1.8
Sebastian	190	$36,560	1.8
Pensacola	640	$60,580	1.8
Orlando	4,400	$66,110	1.6
Sarasota	1,060	$56,190	1.6
Tallahassee	630	$50,190	1.6
Ocala	350	$60,110	1.6
Palm Bay	760	$59,150	1.6
Gainesville	240	$52,190	0.9
GEORGIA
Macon	710	$48,100	3
Columbus	430	$45,720	1.7
Rome	100	$46,950	1.3
Albany	150	$39,850	1.1
Warner Robins	120	$33,230	1.1
Atlanta	6,390	$58,920	1
Athens	170	$50,280	1
Augusta	470	$61,330	0.9
Gainesville	130	$50,840	0.8
Brunswick	70	$29,220	0.8
Valdosta	90	$29,920	0.7
Dalton	120	$49,240	0.7
Savannah	230	$52,360	0.6
HAWAII
Honolulu	500	$43,480	0.5
IDAHO
Boise	600	$42,250	0.9
ILLINOIS
Kankakee	110	$66,190	1.4
Danville	70	$34,250	1.3
Decatur	120		1.2
Springfield	230	$52,290	0.9
Chicago	8,590	$68,550	0.9
Peoria	360	$51,270	0.9
Rockford	220	$41,070	0.6
INDIANA
Fort Wayne	840	$63,180	1.6
Kokomo	110	$48,110	1.4
Indianapolis	2,930	$65,530	1.3
Bloomington	180		1.1
Muncie	100	$42,580	1
South Bend	290		0.9
Gary	590	$52,990	0.8
Lafayette	120		0.7
Terre Haute	90	$41,230	0.6
Michigan City	50	$56,670	0.5
Evansville	200	$63,810	0.5
Columbus	40		0.4
Elkhart	120	$70,430	0.4
IOWA
Sioux City	340	$50,910	2.1
Dubuque	180	$45,210	1.6
Iowa City	260	$43,110	1.6
Cedar Rapids	460	$45,230	1.4
Des Moines	1,060	$69,540	1.3
Davenport	520	$50,690	1.2
Waterloo	110	$72,410	0.6
KANSAS
Topeka	240	$41,940	0.9
Lawrence	60	$56,060	0.6
Wichita	460	$49,090	0.6
KENTUCKY
Lexington	940	$50,540	1.6
Bowling Green	160	$56,670	1.2
Louisville	1,690	$66,080	1.1
Elizabethtown	80	$44,310	0.8
Owensboro	80	$42,670	0.7
LOUISIANA
Monroe	300		1.7
New Orleans	2,110	$53,900	1.6
Alexandria	220	$32,340	1.6
Shreveport	640	$38,630	1.5
Lake Charles	260	$38,050	1.3
Baton Rouge	1,170	$44,090	1.3
Lafayette	410	$47,350	1.2
Houma	220	$67,450	1
MAINE
Portland	760	$64,240	1.5
Lewiston	130	$52,360	1.2
Bangor	140	$43,910	1
MARYLAND
Salisbury	180	$40,080	1.5
Baltimore	3,500	$62,830	1
Bethesda	1,410	$69,990	1
Hagerstown	190		0.8
Cumberland	30	$82,240	0.4
MASSACHUSETTS
New Bedford	150	$44,360	1
Boston	3,740	$78,730	0.8
Springfield	590	$74,600	0.8
Lowell	210	$83,600	0.7
Worcester	420	$77,870	0.7
Barnstable	160	$79,780	0.7
Haverhill	120	$62,140	0.7
Leominster	70	$69,390	0.6
Pittsfield	40	$70,640	0.6
Lawrence	70		0.5
Brockton	110	$55,470	0.5
Framingham	200	$96,130	0.5
Taunton	50	$83,040	0.5
MICHIGAN
Lansing	750	$55,830	1.6
Monroe	130	$54,340	1.5
Niles	190	$62,870	1.3
Saginaw	230	$56,900	1.3
Grand Rapids	1,220	$58,350	1.3
Jackson	100	$68,470	0.9
Battle Creek	80	$55,060	0.7
Warren	2,100	$75,660	0.7
Bay City	50	$35,510	0.7
Flint	210	$78,720	0.6
Detroit	1,140	$62,790	0.6
Muskegon	80	$50,130	0.6
Holland	140		0.6
Kalamazoo	190	$64,250	0.6
Ann Arbor	140	$81,480	0.3
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	3,820	$67,350	0.8
St. Cloud	170		0.7
Rochester	130	$52,870	0.6
Duluth	120	$49,090	0.4
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	1,040	$55,150	1.6
Hattiesburg	140		1.1
Gulfport	250	$31,200	1
Pascagoula	50	$45,360	0.5
MISSOURI
Springfield	660	$56,010	1.4
Kansas City	3,470	$56,930	1.3
Jefferson City	180	$42,250	1.1
St. Louis	3,910	$55,620	1.1
Columbia	190	$51,580	1
Joplin	80	$65,450	0.4
St. Joseph	40		0.4
MONTANA
Missoula	160	$46,140	1.4
Billings	210		1.1
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	450	$53,510	1.1
Omaha	1,160	$53,040	1
NEVADA
Carson City	100	$38,200	1.8
Reno	410	$67,810	0.8
Las Vegas	1,190	$55,810	0.5
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	130	$58,020	1
Portsmouth	110		0.9
Manchester	150	$55,940	0.6
Nashua	170	$74,430	0.5
NEW JERSEY
Newark	2,650	$69,340	1
Ocean City	90	$58,420	1
Camden	1,320	$77,090	1
Edison	2,020	$68,770	0.8
Trenton	300	$78,250	0.6
Vineland	70	$43,260	0.5
Atlantic City	80	$94,320	0.2
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	180	$37,660	1.3
Santa Fe	150	$37,330	1
Albuquerque	780	$56,190	0.8
Farmington	70	$37,950	0.6
NEW YORK
Utica	650	$46,690	2.1
Nassau	4,920	$71,530	1.5
Albany	1,550	$59,940	1.4
Binghamton	270	$63,980	1.1
Elmira	80	$50,010	1.1
Buffalo	1,370	$66,040	1
Syracuse	760	$65,270	1
Poughkeepsie	520	$45,800	0.9
Kingston	110	$75,040	0.8
Glens Falls	90		0.8
New York	10,060	$80,360	0.8
Ithaca	50	$81,080	0.5
Rochester	630	$77,210	0.5
NORTH CAROLINA
Goldsboro	90	$44,040	1.1
Charlotte	2,430	$67,340	1.1
Asheville	460	$47,490	1.1
Jacksonville	90		1
Fayetteville	290	$29,960	1
Greensboro	870	$57,240	0.9
Raleigh	1,150	$56,130	0.9
Wilmington	300	$51,520	0.9
Greenville	120	$49,550	0.7
Durham	410	$55,630	0.6
Hickory	210	$52,450	0.5
Burlington	70		0.5
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	240		1.9
Fargo	300	$66,790	1.1
Grand Forks	90	$65,320	0.8
OHIO
Springfield	130	$73,300	1.3
Cleveland	3,190	$54,560	1.2
Columbus	2,730	$50,950	1.1
Mansfield	130	$65,430	1.1
Cincinnati	2,620	$60,390	1
Canton	380	$61,250	0.9
Dayton	860	$56,130	0.9
Akron	720	$70,700	0.8
Toledo	600	$58,200	0.8
Youngstown	340	$64,110	0.6
Sandusky	40	$42,340	0.5
Lima	40		0.3
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	1,460	$57,690	1.3
Oklahoma City	1,630	$52,820	1.1
Lawton	70	$57,490	0.9
OREGON
Eugene	410	$61,080	1.1
Bend	170	$53,510	1.1
Portland	2,490	$59,580	0.9
Medford	120	$53,120	0.6
Salem	220	$65,840	0.6
PENNSYLVANIA
State College	190	$43,800	1.5
Williamsport	150	$57,070	1.3
Philadelphia	6,190	$75,100	1.3
Altoona	160	$40,000	1.2
Lebanon	120	$52,060	1.2
Pittsburgh	3,200	$61,480	1.1
Allentown	920	$56,670	1.1
Harrisburg	820	$66,810	1
Erie	290	$65,170	1
Lancaster	540	$58,830	0.9
York	390	$73,570	0.9
Scranton	550	$52,260	0.9
Reading	280	$68,760	0.7
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,030	$62,550	0.7
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia	1,380	$51,690	1.6
Florence	300	$43,500	1.5
Charleston	1,090	$39,020	1.5
Myrtle Beach	290	$47,410	1
Greenville	780	$58,800	1
Anderson	130		1
Sumter	70	$51,330	0.9
Spartanburg	260	$42,700	0.9
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	710	$58,570	2.1
Rapid City	230	$48,780	1.6
TENNESSEE
Cleveland	110	$56,090	1.5
Kingsport	290	$66,120	1.1
Clarksville	180	$46,040	1
Chattanooga	420	$52,710	0.7
Memphis	1,140	$60,030	0.7
Knoxville	510	$52,060	0.6
Morristown	50	$47,450	0.5
TEXAS
Lubbock	420	$57,900	1.4
Texarkana	170	$39,060	1.4
Dallas	7,090	$60,510	1.3
Odessa	150		1.2
Austin	2,200	$53,890	1.1
Abilene	150	$35,550	1.1
Amarillo	240	$56,540	1
Fort Worth	2,050	$70,540	0.9
McAllen	490	$45,770	0.9
Tyler	190		0.9
Victoria	90	$57,920	0.9
Houston	5,700	$57,300	0.9
San Antonio	1,790	$47,020	0.8
Sherman	70	$65,040	0.8
Longview	170		0.8
Beaumont	270	$38,800	0.7
El Paso	450	$41,250	0.7
Corpus Christi	290		0.7
Killeen	150	$48,850	0.5
Laredo	100	$39,340	0.5
College Station	70	$53,440	0.4
Midland	50	$75,600	0.3
UTAH
Logan	130	$34,250	1.3
Salt Lake City	1,750	$56,100	1.1
St. George	110	$51,560	1
Ogden	370	$53,300	0.8
Provo	150	$33,540	0.4
VERMONT
Burlington	320	$57,080	1.2
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg	360	$43,860	1.5
Richmond	2,170	$52,570	1.4
Harrisonburg	140	$43,620	1.2
Roanoke	440	$49,200	1.1
Virginia Beach	1,920	$47,460	1
Blacksburg	110	$39,620	0.8
Winchester	60	$53,150	0.5
Charlottesville	110		0.5
WASHINGTON
Kennewick	230	$46,990	1.1
Spokane	540	$53,310	1
Bremerton	170	$48,940	0.9
Longview	60	$56,700	0.9
Seattle	2,760	$70,310	0.7
Olympia	160	$56,690	0.7
Tacoma	490	$65,130	0.7
Bellingham	130	$43,030	0.7
Mount Vernon	50	$51,030	0.5
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling	210	$45,310	1.5
Parkersburg	210	$43,070	1.3
Morgantown	120	$39,350	1.2
Charleston	410	$55,680	1.2
Huntington	250	$34,830	0.9
Weirton	60	$61,290	0.7
WISCONSIN
Eau Claire	240	$42,910	1.4
Oshkosh	220	$63,400	1.1
Racine	190	$71,430	1.1
Madison	880	$67,390	1
Fond du Lac	100	$55,920	1
Green Bay	410	$58,770	1
Appleton	260	$64,940	1
Milwaukee	1,930	$80,570	0.9
Wausau	130	$46,780	0.8
Sheboygan	90	$46,770	0.7
La Crosse	110	$55,090	0.7
Janesville	100	$62,110	0.7
WYOMING
Casper	80	$50,340	1
Cheyenne	80		0.8

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