SOC 13-2053 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

How much do Insurance Underwriters make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Insurance Underwriters in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $83,630. The 10th percentile is $59,780 and the 90th percentile is $159,520. Employment is 230.

Median annual wage

$83,630

10th percentile
$59,780
25th percentile
$68,970
Median
$83,630
75th percentile
$115,360
90th percentile
$159,520
Mean
$98,780

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Insurance Underwriters, the published 10th percentile is $59,780 and the 90th percentile is $159,520. The difference is $99,740, which is 119.3% 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 $68,970 to the 75th at $115,360, covers $46,390.

The mean annual wage is $98,780, which sits above the median of $83,630. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA median is 2.8% higher than the national median of $81,370 for Insurance Underwriters. In 2024 national prices the local median is $83,342, which is 2.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.9% lower than the Washington median of $99,400.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $83,630 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Insurance Underwriters at $83,342 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Insurance Underwriters. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 2nd of 3 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).).

  • Missoula, MT is 174 miles away, with a median of $62,890 and employment of 40. That median is 24.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,208, against $83,342 here.
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 198 miles away, with a median of $100,130 and employment of 1,210. That median is 19.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $90,099, against $83,342 here.

Employment share

Insurance Underwriters accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA (230 of 255,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (105,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.33 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA · Insurance Underwriters 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 Underwriters make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Insurance Underwriters in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $83,630. The 10th percentile is $59,780 and the 90th percentile is $159,520. Employment is 230.

How does that compare with the national median for Insurance Underwriters?

The local median is 2.8% higher than the national median of $81,370.

What is Insurance Underwriters pay in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $83,630 is $83,342. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA compare with nearby metros for Insurance Underwriters?

Missoula, MT is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 174 miles away, at $62,890. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 2nd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.