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Insurance majors have a hard time finding a job right out of college. Graduates with an insurance degree are entering a strange job market and it can be hard to find your first job in insurance. To make finding a job easier, Zippia scanned through 8,874 insurance major resumes to identify the jobs insurance majors most prefer.

Highest-Paying Jobs With a Insurance Degree

  1. Starting Salary
    $72,000
    Job openings
    129,426
    Job Description:
    A Senior Business Analyst provides strategic business analysis services to business partners. They analyze business processes, identify alternative solutions, and recommend new approaches.
  2. Starting Salary
    $53,000
    Job openings
    170,514
    Job Description:
    A business analyst is someone who analyzes an organization or business domain (real or hypothetical) and documents its business or processes or systems, assessing the business model or its integration with technology.
  3. Starting Salary
    $39,000
    Job openings
    8,510
    Job Description:
    Insurance underwriters decide whether to provide insurance and under what terms. They evaluate insurance applications and determine coverage amounts and premiums.
  4. Starting Salary
    $39,000
    Job openings
    68,781
    Job Description:
    Insurance sales agents help insurance companies generate new business by contacting potential customers and selling one or more types of insurance. Insurance sales agents explain various insurance policies and help clients choose plans that suit them.
  5. Starting Salary
    $34,000
    Job openings
    106,311
    Job Description:
    Personal financial advisors give financial advice to people. They help with investments, taxes, and insurance decisions.
  6. Starting Salary
    $30,000
    Job openings
    67,977
    Job Description:
    Insurance sales agents help insurance companies generate new business by contacting potential customers and selling one or more types of insurance. Insurance sales agents explain various insurance policies and help clients choose plans that suit them.
  7. Starting Salary
    $30,000
    Job openings
    73,485
    Job Description:
    Insurance sales agents help insurance companies generate new business by contacting potential customers and selling one or more types of insurance. Insurance sales agents explain various insurance policies and help clients choose plans that suit them.
  8. Starting Salary
    $29,000
    Job openings
    1,967
    Top Locations:
    New York, NY;  Atlanta, GA;  Chicago, IL;  
    Job Description:
    Financial clerks do administrative work for many types of organizations. They keep records, help customers, and carry out financial transactions.
  9. Starting Salary
    $28,000
    Job openings
    16,228
    Job Description:
    Financial clerks do administrative work for many types of organizations. They keep records, help customers, and carry out financial transactions.
  10. Starting Salary
    $27,000
    Job openings
    98,595
    Top Locations:
    Scottsdale, AZ;  Houston, TX;  San Antonio, TX;  
    Job Description:
    Financial clerks do administrative work for many types of organizations. They keep records, help customers, and carry out financial transactions.

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What can you do with an insurance degree?

Zippia created an insurance career map to help recent graduates find career paths. It's based on real resumes from job seekers with bachelor's degrees in insurance. The map shows the most common jobs insurance majors take throughout the first four jobs of their careers.

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Average insurance major salary

Insurance major salaries vary significantly by industry. Graduates with an insurance bachelor's degree who work in the finance industry have an average salary of $50,519, while those graduates who work in the health care industry have an average salary of $37,551. If pay is important to you, then you should look for insurance jobs in the finance industry.

Average insurance major salary by industry

RankIndustryAverage Insurance Salary Insurance Salary Range
1Finance
$50,519
$32k
$67k
2Manufacturing
$48,655
$32k
$67k
3Insurance
$47,076
$32k
$67k
4Government
$43,239
$32k
$67k
5Professional
$38,797
$32k
$67k

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