How much do Insurance Sales Agents make in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC?

Percentile spread

For Insurance Sales Agents, the published 10th percentile is $36,040 and the 90th percentile is $121,140. The difference is $85,100, which is 181.3% 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 $36,490 to the 75th at $72,760, covers $36,270.

The mean annual wage is $64,050, which sits above the median of $46,950. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC median is 24.6% lower than the national median of $62,280 for Insurance Sales Agents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,138, which is 19.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 23.5% lower than the South Carolina median of $61,350.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC is 93.642, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,950 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Insurance Sales Agents at $50,138 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

22 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Insurance Sales Agents. Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC ranks 23rd of 23 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).).

• Florence, SC is 50 miles away, with a median of $62,440 and employment of 260. That median is 33% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,957, against $50,138 here.
• Wilmington, NC is 59 miles away, with a median of $59,880 and employment of 660. That median is 27.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,102, against $50,138 here.
• Fayetteville, NC is 78 miles away, with a median of $55,060 and employment of 190. That median is 17.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,862, against $50,138 here.

Employment share

Insurance Sales Agents accounts for 0.37% of wage-and-salary employment in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC (540 of 146,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.31% of employment (479,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.20 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.