Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents

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Total Workforce

224k

Average Age

42.8

Average Salary

$153,604

Average Male Salary

$179,106

Average Female Salary

$92,742

About

Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents are most often employed by the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments industry. The average yearly wage for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents was $153,604 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents by wage are Actuaries, Architectural & engineering managers, and Personal financial advisors.

Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents are part of the Sales & related occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, Cashiers, Counter & rental clerks, Parts salespersons, and 13 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents are Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY, Chelsea, Clinton & Midtown Business District PUMA, NY, and Upper East Side PUMA, NY. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents are Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY, Fairfield, New Canaan, Wilton, Weston & Easton Towns PUMA, CT, and Norwalk, Westport & Darien Towns PUMA, CT.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents and on wages and locations for those in the field. Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments is the industry that employs the most Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, by average wage, is Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments. Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents are paid most in Danbury, Ridgefield, Bethel, Brookfield, New Fairfield, Redding & Sherman Towns PUMA, CT but are relatively concentrated in Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$153,604

AVERAGE SALARY

± $8,796

In 2018, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents earned an average of $153,604, $99,716 more than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Architectural & engineering managers make somewhat more than Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents while Actuaries make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.488

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.488, which is higher than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, by number of employees, are Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, Nondepository credit & related activities, and Banking & related activities.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, by average wage, are Computer Systems Design, Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, Banking & related activities, Banking & related activities, and Nondepository credit & related activities.

Industries by Share

224k

2018 Workforce

± 11,608

1.46%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 7.25%

The number of people employed as Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents has been growing at a rate of 1.46%, from 220,654 people in 2017 to 223,875 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents employed by various industries. Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments employs the largest share of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents at 54%, followed by Nondepository credit & related activities with 24.5% and Banking & related activities with 16.9%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents in the US. The average age of male Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents in the workforce is 42.8 and of female Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents is 42.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

158k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 9,747

66.1k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 6,311

70.5% of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Asian (Non-Hispanic)

73% of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 8.24% of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents.

Age by Gender

42.8

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.786

42.8

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.24

The median age of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents is 42.8, and Male employees are generally 0.0621 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents is Business but a relatively high number of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents hold a major in Math & Statistics.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension and Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Programming, and Persuasion.