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

How much do Insurance Sales Agents make in Grand Island, NE?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Insurance Sales Agents in Grand Island, NE is $74,500. The 10th percentile is $39,710 and the 90th percentile is $122,080. Employment is 160.

Median annual wage

$74,500

10th percentile
$39,710
25th percentile
$49,070
Median
$74,500
75th percentile
$92,880
90th percentile
$122,080
Mean
$77,060

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Insurance Sales Agents, the published 10th percentile is $39,710 and the 90th percentile is $122,080. The difference is $82,370, which is 110.6% 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 $49,070 to the 75th at $92,880, covers $43,810.

The mean annual wage is $77,060, which sits above the median of $74,500. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grand Island, NE median is 19.6% higher than the national median of $62,280 for Insurance Sales Agents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $85,971, which is 38% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 21% higher than the Nebraska median of $61,590.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grand Island, NE is 86.657, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,500 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Insurance Sales Agents at $85,971 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Insurance Sales Agents. Grand Island, NE ranks 2nd of 7 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).).

  • Lincoln, NE is 81 miles away, with a median of $57,000 and employment of 700. That median is 23.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,240, against $85,971 here.
  • Omaha, NE-IA is 124 miles away, with a median of $63,520 and employment of 2,770. That median is 14.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,110, against $85,971 here.
  • Sioux City, IA-NE-SD is 145 miles away, with a median of $61,630 and employment of 200. That median is 17.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,286, against $85,971 here.

Employment share

Insurance Sales Agents accounts for 0.40% of wage-and-salary employment in Grand Island, NE (160 of 39,520). Nationally the occupation is 0.31% of employment (479,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.31 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 Grand Island, NE · 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 Grand Island, NE?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Insurance Sales Agents in Grand Island, NE is $74,500. The 10th percentile is $39,710 and the 90th percentile is $122,080. Employment is 160.

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

The local median is 19.6% higher than the national median of $62,280.

What is Insurance Sales Agents pay in Grand Island, NE after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grand Island, NE is 86.657, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $74,500 is $85,971. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Grand Island, NE compare with nearby metros for Insurance Sales Agents?

Lincoln, NE is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 81 miles away, at $57,000. Grand Island, NE ranks 2nd of 7 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.