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Insurance Sales Agents pay in Cedar Rapids, IA and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Insurance Sales Agents is $62,220 per year in Cedar Rapids, IA. It is $95,640 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Cedar Rapids, IA is 34.9% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 41-3021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 610 wage and salary jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA and 4,860 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings