How much do Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents make in Monroe, LA?

Percentile spread

For Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents, the published 10th percentile is $34,900 and the 90th percentile is $97,380. The difference is $62,480, which is 145.7% 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 $37,670 to the 75th at $57,400, covers $19,730.

The mean annual wage is $58,760, which sits above the median of $42,880. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Monroe, LA median is 45.5% lower than the national median of $78,660 for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,294, which is 34.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.7% lower than the Louisiana median of $48,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Monroe, LA is 83.597, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $42,880 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents at $51,294 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents. Monroe, LA ranks 13th of 14 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).).

• Alexandria, LA is 97 miles away, with a median of $43,530 and employment of 120. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,802, against $51,294 here.
• Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 100 miles away, with a median of $45,090 and employment of 300. That median is 5.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,193, against $51,294 here.
• Jackson, MS is 113 miles away, with a median of $46,810 and employment of 570. That median is 9.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,567, against $51,294 here.

Employment share

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents accounts for 0.23% of wage-and-salary employment in Monroe, LA (200 of 87,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.31% of employment (489,570 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.73 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.