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Insurance Underwriters pay in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA and Springfield, MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Insurance Underwriters is $83,630 per year in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. It is $115,420 per year in Springfield, MA. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 27.5% 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 230 wage and salary jobs in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 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