The 2026 Insurance Industry
Salary Guide
Verified compensation benchmarks for 80+ roles across carriers, brokers, MGAs, and reinsurers — plus the market forces reshaping pay this year.
What you'll get
- Salary ranges (25th–90th percentile) for 80+ roles across nine functional areas
- Segment-by-segment pay: national carriers, regional/mutual, PE-backed MGAs, brokerages, and InsurTech
- Regional premium adjustments for eight major U.S. markets
- Bonus, LTI, and equity benchmarks by level
- 2026's five new roles — cyber underwriting, AI risk, climate/parametric, and more
- What's driving the 400,000-worker talent shortage — and how to hire ahead of it
Whether benchmarking an open role or your own market value, this is the data to have before your next conversation about pay.
Built from verified 2025–2026 industry sources and Lyneer Search Group's own placement data.
