SOC 41-3021 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Insurance Sales Agents make in Dalton, GA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Insurance Sales Agents in Dalton, GA is $51,500. The 10th percentile is $36,770 and the 90th percentile is $75,270. Employment is 80.

Median annual wage

$51,500

10th percentile
$36,770
25th percentile
$43,950
Median
$51,500
75th percentile
$60,640
90th percentile
$75,270
Mean
$55,150

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Insurance Sales Agents, the published 10th percentile is $36,770 and the 90th percentile is $75,270. The difference is $38,500, which is 74.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $43,950 to the 75th at $60,640, covers $16,690.

The mean annual wage is $55,150, which sits above the median of $51,500. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dalton, GA median is 17.3% lower than the national median of $62,280 for Insurance Sales Agents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,322, which is 8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16.7% lower than the Georgia median of $61,850.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dalton, GA is 89.844, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,500 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Insurance Sales Agents at $57,322 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Insurance Sales Agents. Dalton, GA ranks 19th of 26 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Cleveland, TN is 26 miles away, with a median of $51,120 and employment of 80. That median is 0.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,038, against $57,322 here.
  • Chattanooga, TN-GA is 33 miles away, with a median of $54,940 and employment of 790. That median is 6.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,067, against $57,322 here.
  • Rome, GA is 42 miles away, with a median of $65,030 and employment of 140. That median is 26.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,127, against $57,322 here.

Employment share

Insurance Sales Agents accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Dalton, GA (80 of 65,300). Nationally the occupation is 0.31% of employment (479,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.40 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Dalton, GA · Insurance Sales Agents by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Insurance Sales Agents make in Dalton, GA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Insurance Sales Agents in Dalton, GA is $51,500. The 10th percentile is $36,770 and the 90th percentile is $75,270. Employment is 80.

How does that compare with the national median for Insurance Sales Agents?

The local median is 17.3% lower than the national median of $62,280.

What is Insurance Sales Agents pay in Dalton, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dalton, GA is 89.844, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $51,500 is $57,322. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Dalton, GA compare with nearby metros for Insurance Sales Agents?

Cleveland, TN is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 26 miles away, at $51,120. Dalton, GA ranks 19th of 26 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.