Degree to Occupation Map
Occupations related to a insurance degree
NCES and BLS publish a crosswalk relating instructional programs to occupations. This page lists every occupation that crosswalk relates to insurance, with the BLS typical entry education, 2025 median wage and projected growth for each, and links to the RoleSprint page covering the role where one exists.
What occupations does the official crosswalk relate to a insurance degree?
The CIP 2020-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk published by NCES and BLS relates the single CIP 2020 program 52.1701, Insurance, in insurance to 8 occupations. That maps a field of study to lines of work; it is not a statement that a insurance degree qualifies someone for any of them, and the crosswalk carries no figure for how many graduates enter each. Across the 7 with a published 2025 BLS wage the median is $78,240, ranging from $62,280 for Insurance Sales Agents to $149,230 for Compensation and Benefits Managers. BLS typical entry-level education splits 2 at high school diploma or equivalent, 1 at postsecondary nondegree award, 3 at bachelor's degree, 1 at doctoral or professional degree: 6 at or below a bachelor's degree and 1 above it. Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists is projected to grow fastest at +6% over 2025-35. The highest-paid are Compensation and Benefits Managers ($149,230), Business Teachers, Postsecondary ($99,080) and Insurance Underwriters ($81,370).
- Related occupations
- 8, from 1 CIP 2020 program in insurance
- What the mapping means
- NCES states only that it "crosswalks 2020 CIP Codes to 2018 SOC Codes". It relates a program to an occupation. It does not establish qualification, hiring, or how many graduates take that path.
- BLS typical entry-level education
- High school diploma or equivalent: 2; Postsecondary nondegree award: 1; Bachelor's degree: 3; Doctoral or professional degree: 1
- Median wage across these occupations
- $78,240 (2025); 7 of 8 have a published BLS wage
- Next step
- 3 of the 8 occupations have a dedicated RoleSprint page covering what the role requires and how the work is performed.
Source and method
2020 CIP / 2018 SOC Crosswalk, National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics, and BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2. Verified 2026-09-06. Program-to-occupation relationships are reproduced from the NCES/BLS crosswalk exactly as published; RoleSprint groups CIP programs into the field of study a person would search for and lists the union of their related occupations, showing every member CIP code. Wage, typical entry education and outlook are reproduced from BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2 for the matching SOC code. Working-condition figures are O*NET 30.3 means. No relationship strength, employment share or qualification judgement is published, because no source supplies one.
What this list is, and what it is not
The crosswalk's own description of itself is one sentence: “This file crosswalks 2020 CIP Codes to 2018 SOC Codes in ascending order by CIP Code.” It relates a field of study to lines of work.
It does not say a insurance degree qualifies anyone for these occupations, that graduates usually enter them, or what share do: the crosswalk publishes no such figure. The wage and education columns come from a separate source, BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, and describe the occupation rather than the degree. Typical entry education is what BLS observes most often among people already doing the work; it is not a rule about who may be hired.
The 8 related occupations
Ordered by BLS median wage, highest first. 7 of 8 have a published wage.
| Occupation | BLS typical entry-level education | Median wage | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
Compensation and Benefits Managers SOC 11-3111 Contact with others 4.4 · Time pressure 3.6 · Sitting 4.9 · Outdoors, all weather 1.1 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $149,230 2025 median | +1.1% 2025-35 · 1.6 openings/yr |
Business Teachers, Postsecondary SOC 25-1011 Contact with others 4.1 · Time pressure 3.7 · Sitting 3.8 · Outdoors, all weather 1.2 of 5 | Doctoral or professional degree Above bachelor's | $99,080 2025 median | +5.9% 2025-35 · 7.6 openings/yr |
Insurance Underwriters SOC 13-2053 Contact with others 4.5 · Time pressure 4.6 · Sitting 4.9 · Outdoors, all weather 1.2 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $81,370 2025 median | -3.8% 2025-35 · 6.8 openings/yr |
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage SOC 13-1032 Contact with others 5.0 · Time pressure 4.5 · Sitting 3.9 · Outdoors, all weather 4.1 of 5 | Postsecondary nondegree award At or below bachelor's | $78,240 2025 median | -8.7% 2025-35 · 0.7 openings/yr |
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists SOC 13-1141 Contact with others 4.4 · Time pressure 3.9 · Sitting 4.7 · Outdoors, all weather 1.2 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $78,210 2025 median | +6% 2025-35 · 9 openings/yr |
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators SOC 13-1031 Contact with others 4.7 · Time pressure 4.4 · Sitting 4.6 · Outdoors, all weather 1.7 of 5 | High school diploma or equivalent At or below bachelor's | $78,000 2025 median | -5.5% 2025-35 · 20.9 openings/yr |
Insurance Sales Agents SOC 41-3021 Contact with others 4.7 · Time pressure 4.5 · Sitting 4.6 · Outdoors, all weather 2.4 of 5 | High school diploma or equivalent At or below bachelor's | $62,280 2025 median | +3.3% 2025-35 · 43.1 openings/yr |
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property SOC 13-2022 Contact with others 4.1 · Time pressure 3.9 · Sitting 3.8 · Outdoors, all weather 2.4 of 5 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
BLS typical entry-level education for these occupations
6 of the 8 have a BLS typical entry-level education at or below a bachelor's degree; 1 are above it. "Typical" is BLS's word: it describes the workers already in the occupation.
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 2
- Postsecondary nondegree award
- 1
- Bachelor's degree
- 3
- Doctoral or professional degree
- 1
This is BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2's description of the education most workers in each occupation typically hold when they enter it. It is not a list of requirements, and it says nothing about licences, certifications or experience, which BLS records separately and this page does not show.
Which programs this covers
“Insurance” groups 1 CIP 2020 instructional program. The occupation list above is the union of everything the crosswalk relates to them.
- 52.1701 Insurance
Grouping is RoleSprint's, and it is printed here so it can be checked. CIP's own grain is finer than the phrase anyone searches; the alternative is one page per code, which would put near-identical lists in front of the same question. How this map is built.
Working out which of these is realistic
A related occupation is a starting point, not a verdict. Three different questions decide whether one is worth pursuing, and each has its own page.
Program-to-occupation relationships from the 2020 CIP / 2018 SOC Crosswalk, National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wage, typical entry education and outlook from BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2. Working-condition figures from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA and RoleSprint has modified some of this information.
What to do next
A crosswalk relates a field of study to lines of work. Whether one specific opening is worth your time depends on what you can actually show, which is a different question and the one RoleSprint answers.