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Insurance Agent

Insurance Agent profiles score highest on Influencing and Organizing. This page covers what the work involves, what the trait profile looks like, what it pays, and where the fit tends to break.

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Median pay: $62,280per year, U.S. BLS 2025
Entry education: Bachelor's degreetypical for the occupation

SOURCE · O*NET 41-3021.00 and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are national and vary widely by state and setting.

What the work involves

Sell life, property, casualty, health, automotive, or other types of insurance. May refer clients to independent brokers, work as an independent broker, or be employed by an insurance company.

Skills rated most important

Reading Comprehension75

Active Listening72

Speaking72

Critical Thinking69

Persuasion66

Work context

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams98

Contact With Others93

Spend Time Sitting90

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled77

Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled27

Spend Time Standing23

Spend Time Walking or Running19

Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body6

Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance5

Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling5

Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles0

O*NET importance and frequency ratings, 0–100.

The trait profile

Where Insurance Agent profiles sit on the eleven Haliscope traits, derived from O*NET’s published interest and work-style data.

Influencing82

Organizing73

Harmonizing70

Persevering68

Law-Abiding59

Safety-Seeking49

Helping45

Exploring34

Analyzing22

Creating4

Operating2

Who it fits, and who it doesn’t

Strong signals

High Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
High Persevering. Measures your persistence and resilience in the face of challenges. High scorers push through obstacles, maintain long-term focus, and value grit as both means and end.
High Harmonizing. Measures your focus on group cohesion and interpersonal peace. High scorers build consensus, facilitate cooperation, and prioritize team harmony.
High Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.

Friction points

Low Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
Low Persevering. Measures your persistence and resilience in the face of challenges. High scorers push through obstacles, maintain long-term focus, and value grit as both means and end.

These are what the occupation’s profile says, not a hiring criterion. Haliscope is not validated for hiring or screening, and none of these is disqualifying — they are where a fit most often breaks.

Getting in

Entry education: Bachelor's degree.

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

O*NET Job Zone descriptions, U.S. Department of Labor.

Exposure to AI

How much of this work AI can already do, and how much AI tools help the people doing it, is scored task by task in the AI Risk Index.

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