Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
SOC 41-3031 · 2024-2034
Buy and sell securities or commodities in investment and trading firms, or provide financial services to businesses and individuals. May advise customers about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, commodities, and market conditions.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -1%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $80,456per year
- Projected openings
- 41,030
- Projected change
- -1%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $116,362 | 5,370 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $99,296 | 2,790 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $96,048 | 2,060 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $87,844 | 290 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $79,739 | 9,600 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $79,317 | 6,380 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $77,793 | 170 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $75,768 | 260 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $75,727 | 4,240 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $75,001 | 360 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $72,138 | 170 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $71,913 | 730 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $71,484 | 120 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $70,216 | 1,220 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $66,494 | 80 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $65,686 | 360 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $65,451 | 160 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $64,653 | 140 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $64,439 | 110 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $63,968 | 30 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $63,621 | 340 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $63,386 | 400 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $62,026 | 2,240 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $61,606 | 100 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $61,606 | 300 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $61,565 | 100 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $61,473 | 190 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $61,003 | 120 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $60,993 | 70 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $60,839 | 130 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $57,250 | 20 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial and Investment Analysts | $110,940 | 34,410 | +7.4% |
| Personal Financial Advisors | $132,516 | 28,210 | +9.4% |
| Financial Managers | $183,803 | 84,770 | +16.3% |
| Brokerage Clerks | $79,805 | 4,850 | -8.5% |
| Financial Risk Specialists | $131,276 | 4,780 | +6.7% |
| Loan Officers | $83,142 | 16,320 | -2.6% |