Underwriter salary: $114K median
The median advertised Underwriter salary is $114K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $100K to $182K: counted from 42 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $55 an hour or $9,521 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $250K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll underwriter jobs
$114Kmedian advertised salary
$100K – $182Kmiddle half of roles
$145Kaverage advertised salary
42roles counted
Skills that pay more for Underwriter roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI agents | $220K | +$106K | 8 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Shepherd | $220K | 8 |
| Honeycomb Insurance | $110K | 3 |
| At-Bay | $106K | 4 |
| Integrated Specialty Coverages, LLC | $104K | 3 |
| StandInsurance | $92K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Underwriter roles
All underwriter jobs- Head of Wholesale UnderwritingShepherd · 🇺🇸New York City$350K - $425KLead and aboveAI agentsUnderwriting
- Commercial Property Underwriting Leader (Director)Shepherd · 🇺🇸New York City$250K - $350KLead and aboveAI agentsUnderwriting
- Vice President, Field UnderwritingPie Insurance · 🇺🇸United States$205K - $295KLead and above
- Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Credit & UnderwritingAdyen · 🇺🇸San Francisco$212K - $293KMachine LearningAIUnderwriting
- VP, PBM UnderwritingRightway · Remote$210K - $250KRemoteLead and aboveSQL
- Underwriting LeadSlash Financial · 🇺🇸New York$175K - $225KLead and aboveUnderwritingSoldering
- Member of Technical Staff, UnderwritingPylon · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$130K - $220KHybridTypeScriptSQLPostgreSQL
- Sr Life Underwriter, Underwriting StrategiesEthos Life · 🇺🇸Remote US$77K - $181KRemoteSeniorJiraAgile
- Senior Commercial Underwriter, Underwriting IntelligenceHarperinsure · 🇺🇸San Francisco$125K - $175KSenior
- Senior Cyber Underwriter (Wholesale)At-Bay · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$130K - $150KSeniorDNSUnderwriting
- Underwriting Manager (Hybrid)Enova International · 🇺🇸South Jordan, UT$102K - $148KMachine Learning
- Senior Underwriter, New YorkHoneycomb Insurance · 🇺🇸New York City, NY$115K - $140KSeniorUnderwriting
- Senior Merchant UnderwriterCoinflow · 🇺🇸Chicago$100K - $140KSeniorSQLTableauLooker
- Senior Underwriter - Employee BenefitsFoundation Risk Partners · 🇺🇸Camden, New Jersey, United States$100K - $130KSenior
- Senior Associate, UnderwritingLocal Initiatives Support Corporation · Remote$105K - $130KRemoteSenior
- Life Underwriting AuditorLadder · 🇺🇸United States Remote$101K - $126KRemoteMachine Learning
- UnderwriterStandInsurance · 🇺🇸San Francisco$96K - $121KLLM
- Cyber Underwriter (Wholesale)At-Bay · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$100K - $120KDNSUnderwriting
- Senior Underwriter, EastHoneycomb Insurance · East Coast - Remote$100K - $120KRemoteSeniorUnderwriting
- Senior Underwriter (Premier Construction)Integrated Specialty Coverages, LLC · 🇺🇸Remote United States$94K - $118KRemoteSeniorUnderwritingCustomer serviceMicrosoft Office
Questions about Underwriter pay
- What is the average Underwriter salary?
- $145K a year on average and $114K at the median, across 42 open Underwriter postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $100K to $182K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Underwriter pay?
- Shepherd ($220K), Honeycomb Insurance ($110K), At-Bay ($106K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an underwriter a high-paying job?
- The median Underwriter posting advertises $114K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 34% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an underwriter?
- A tenth of the postings offer $250K a year or more; the highest open Underwriter role advertises up to $425K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Underwriter salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $114K a year is about $55 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $9,521 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $48 to $88 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Underwriter roles?
- Postings that ask for AI agents (+$106K, 8 postings) advertise more than the $114K median of all Underwriter postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Underwriter roles at companies is $114K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $100K to $182K. Counted from 42 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/underwriter/
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