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Senior Underwriter jobs: 259 open roles

Open senior underwriter jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $130,000 a year.

The market for senior underwriter work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Finance function this title sits in. Outlook, pay and AI-use figures are for the government category “Insurance underwriters”, the closest occupation to this title.

Verified open senior underwriter jobs
259

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$130,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Employment outlook
Projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035.

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

National median pay, all levels
$81,370

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025.

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Openings a year nationally, growth plus replacement
6,800

Source: BLS Employment Projections.

AI use at work
AI use among insurance underwriters is little observed so far.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Finance openings that ask for AI skills
3%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Finance openings that are remote
4%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. audit9%
  2. 2. excel9%
  3. 3. accounts payable7%
  4. 4. fp&a6%
  5. 5. forecasting6%
  6. 6. accounts receivable5%
  7. 7. budgeting5%
  8. 8. erp4%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)
  3. 3. Prompt design
  4. 4. AI coding assistants
  5. 5. AI workflow automation
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)

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Open senior underwriter jobs

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Senior Underwriter salary

The middle half of senior underwriter listings that state pay run from $110,000 to $147,500. See the full senior underwriter salary breakdown.

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Where senior underwriter jobs are

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Senior Underwriter jobs by city and state

Employers hiring senior underwriters

  • Chubb 30
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance 19
  • Ascot Group 12
  • W. R. Berkley 11
  • AXA XL 8
  • Crum & Forster 7
  • AXA 5
  • Great American Insurance 5
  • AIG 4
  • Starr Companies 4

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