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Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents pay in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents is $49,170 per year in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ. It is $167,890 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ is 70.7% below New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 41-3031 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 170 wage and salary jobs in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ and 59,450 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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.