Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents

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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.

What a securitie, commoditie, and financial services sales agent does

Become a securitie, commoditie, and financial services sales agent

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good securitie, commoditie, and financial services sales agent

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $43 per hour with an average salary of $88,900 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $23 and $46 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $48,500 and $95,900 per year.

Securitie, Commoditie, And Financial Services Sales Agent job outlook

  • There are 7,798 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 904 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

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Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

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