Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents

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Total Workforce

221k

Average Age

42.5

Estimated Job Growth

6.18%

10-year projection

Average Salary

$148,909

Average Male Salary

$174,148

Average Female Salary

$95,552

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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 $148,909 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents by wage are Economists, Actuaries, and Architectural & engineering managers.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents are Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY, Upper East Side PUMA, NY, and Murray Hill, Gramercy & Stuyvesant Town 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, Murray Hill, Gramercy & Stuyvesant Town PUMA, NY, and Union City & Hoboken Cities PUMA, NJ.

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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 Computer Systems Design. Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents are paid most in Park Slope, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$148,909

AVERAGE SALARY

± $8,512

In 2017, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents earned an average of $148,909, $96,844 more than than the average national salary of $52,065.

Actuaries make somewhat more than Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents while Economists 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.

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Wage Distribution

0.487

WAGE GINI

In 2017, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.487, 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).

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

  1. Park Slope, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook PUMA, NY

  2. Somerset County (North & West) PUMA, NJ

  3. Norwalk, Westport & Darien Towns PUMA, CT

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.

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Spatial Concentration

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

  1. Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY

  2. Murray Hill, Gramercy & Stuyvesant Town PUMA, NY

  3. Upper East Side PUMA, NY

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.

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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.

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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, and Banking & related activities.

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Industries by Share

221k

2017 Workforce

± 11,524

3.8%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 7.18%

The number of people employed as Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents has been growing at a rate of 3.8%, from 212,571 people in 2016 to 220,654 people in 2017.

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  51.3%, followed by Nondepository credit & related activities with 24.7% and Banking & related activities with 18.4%.

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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 42.7 and of female Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents is 42, and the most common race/ethnicity for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents is White.

Gender Composition

150k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 9,497

70.9k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 6,534

67.9% 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.

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Race & Ethnicity

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

  1. White

  2. Asian

  3. Black

84.5% of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents are White, making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 7.05% of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, Asian 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.

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Age by Gender

42.7

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.831

42

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.12

The median age of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents is 42.5, and Male employees are generally 0.638 years older than than their Female counterparts.

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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 Social Sciences.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

  1. Business

  2. Social Sciences

  3. Engineering

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

  1. Social Sciences

  2. Business

  3. Philosophy and Religious Studies

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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.

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Growth Projections

Projections on wages and job growth for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ten-year national workforce is projected to grow 7.4%, but Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents are expected to see a growth of 6.18% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow slower than the national average.

Job Growth

6.18%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

7.4%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the 10-year projected employment growth (from 2016 to 2026) for Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents. This profession is expected to grow lower than 7.4%, the average rate of national job growth.

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