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Insurance Underwriters pay in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL and Springfield, MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Insurance Underwriters is $79,060 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. It is $115,420 per year in Springfield, MA. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is 31.5% below Springfield, MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2053 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL and 130 in Springfield, MA. 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