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Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents

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Demographics

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents

Employed persons, 2004

Employed persons: 382,000	Percent of total
	Women	Men	Black	Asian	Hispanic
	28.5%	71.5%	7.0%	3.9%	6.2%

Full-time wage and salary workers, 2004
Employment Median weekly earnings
$ W/M ratio
Women
(emp.) (earn.) 95,000 $651 0.557
Men
(emp.) (earn.) 210,000 $1,168
All workers
(emp.) (earn.) 305,000 $973

source: Current Population Survey; about this section

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Area and Industry employment and wages
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents: (Area) (Industry)

Also see Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents in the 2004-05 Occupational Outlook Handbook
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