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    Avg Pay: $50K
    Jobs: 0
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    Avg Pay: $78K
    Jobs: 122,358

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    Annual Pay Estimate for Agent and Other Important Info

    See how many years Agent's are in their job, how much they make, how long it took to get there and how available this job is in terms of open positions.

    6.9 years
    $64K
    3.29 years
    Mixed
    3
    83 out of 3997

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    Career Paths for Agent

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    Jobs to start your career in becoming an Agent

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    Financial Services Professional$81K
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    Agent$64K
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    Where the Agent career path goes
    The jobs shown above Agent are the most common ones Jobtrees users had after being an Agent
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              Jobs within the same job hierarchy as Agent

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              expert
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              Average Time: 3.5
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              practitioner
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              Average Time: 12.7
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              subject matter expert
              Subject Matter Expert
              Average Time: 5.3
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              collector
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              Average Time: 5.3
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              independent contractor
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              Average Time: 4.8
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              team member
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              Average Time: 3.3
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              facilitator
              Facilitator
              Average Time: 6.3
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              innovator
              Innovator
              Average Time: 11.9
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              staff member
              Staff Member
              Average Time: 6.0
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              inventor
              Inventor
              Average Time: 11.0
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              retired
              Retired
              Average Time: 12.5
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              sabbatical
              Sabbatical
              Average Time: 2.8
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              unemployed
              Unemployed
              Average Time: 5.6
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