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Insurance Sales Agents vs Advertising Sales Agents

Median pay is about $3k higher for Advertising Sales Agents. The usual entry education is high school plus license for Insurance Sales Agents and high school for Advertising Sales Agents.

marks the higher pay or growth. Education, difficulty and the AI rows depend on what you want, so they are not marked.

Insurance Sales Agents compared with Advertising Sales Agents: pay, outlook, entry and AI exposure
MeasureInsurance Sales AgentsAdvertising Sales Agents
Pay
Median pay$62,280$64,820, higher
Entry pay 25th percentile$46,870$47,020, higher
Experienced pay 75th percentile$96,950$99,990, higher
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Projected growth+3.3% Growing, higher-7.2% Declining
Openings a year43,1007,800
Getting in
Typical educationHigh school plus licenseHigh school
Difficulty modeled2.2 / 52 / 5
AI
Displacement risk modeledModerateHigh
AI exposure modeled, percentile61st pct67th pct

Where the skills differ

Only Insurance Sales Agents

  • Mathematics

Only Advertising Sales Agents

  • Monitoring

Both lean on reading comprehension, active listening, speaking, critical thinking, writing.

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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills: O*NET 30.3. Difficulty, displacement risk and AI exposure are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.