Insurance Underwriters
Occupation · SOC 2018 13-2053 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 13-2053
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.01%
- Applications on record
- 1,357
- FY2025
- 81
- Median offered wage
- $105,000
- Certified (last three years)
- 97.7%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Insurance Underwriters (SOC 13-2053). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Insurance Underwriters
Data table
| FY2008 | 18 |
| FY2009 | 30 |
| FY2010 | 94 |
| FY2011 | 62 |
| FY2012 | 95 |
| FY2013 | 79 |
| FY2014 | 75 |
| FY2015 | 92 |
| FY2016 | 87 |
| FY2017 | 107 |
| FY2018 | 80 |
| FY2019 | 101 |
| FY2020 | 70 |
| FY2021 | 52 |
| FY2022 | 51 |
| FY2023 | 46 |
| FY2024 | 58 |
| FY2025 | 81 |
| FY2026* | 79 |
| Fiscal year | CW-1 | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 1 | 0 | 57 | 21 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 30 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 9 |
| FY2022 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 8 |
| FY2021 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 19 |
| FY2020 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 21 |
| FY2019 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 24 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 19 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 19 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 15 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 10 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 5 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 9 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 12 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 8 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 22 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Swiss Re America Holding Corporation67
- Marsh USA Inc.58
- National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.41
- ACE American Insurance Company40
- Westport Insurance Corporation25
- Risk Specialists Companies Insurance Agency, Inc.23
- Zurich American Insurance Company22
- Generali US Branch22
- Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation21
- Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC20
- GuarantR Inc.19
- International Underwriting Agency Inc.18
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Insurance Underwriters: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| NY | 452 |
| CA | 184 |
| FL | 178 |
| TX | 71 |
| IL | 70 |
| NJ | 67 |
| MA | 48 |
| CT | 42 |
| GA | 38 |
| MP | 36 |
| PA | 33 |
| VA | 13 |
| CO | 11 |
| NC | 10 |
| LA | 10 |
| WA | 9 |
| PR | 8 |
| MD | 8 |
| RI | 8 |
| OH | 7 |
| IA | 6 |
| WI | 5 |
| AL | 5 |
| MN | 5 |
| OK | 5 |
| KS | 4 |
| SC | 3 |
| TN | 2 |
| MO | 2 |
| NH | 2 |
| IN | 2 |
| NV | 2 |
| DC | 1 |
| UT | 1 |
| AZ | 1 |
| KY | 1 |
| DE | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ503
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL167
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA100
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN67
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA59
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH46
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX44
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD40
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA37
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT25
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $105,000; middle half $78,949 to $140,956 · median prevailing wage $87,818 (marker) · 154 applications.
- Level I46
- Level II34
- Level III14
- Level IV66
- Insurance Underwriter114
- Underwriter81
- Senior Underwriter36
- Underwriting Analyst16
- Associate Underwriter16
- Assistant Underwriter14
- Property Underwriter11
- Risk Analyst9
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
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