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Insurance Underwriters pay in Georgia and Massachusetts
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Insurance Underwriters is $85,980 per year in Georgia. It is $106,640 per year in Massachusetts. Georgia is 19.4% below Massachusetts 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 7,160 wage and salary jobs in Georgia and 2,890 in Massachusetts. 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