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Number of employees in the life insurance sector in the United States 1960-2016

Number of life insurance employees in the United States from 1960 to 2016 (in thousands)

The data describes the number of life insurance employees in the U.S. from 1960 to 2016. There were 348,300 life insurance employees (home-office personal) in the U.S. in 2016.

1960 452.4
1970 525.6
1980 531.9
1990 522.6
2000 481.1
2001 470.3
2002 446
2003 440.5
2004 392.4
2005 334.5
2006 362.4
2007 352.8
2008 356.3
2009 362.6
2010 366.4
2011 346.7
2012 347.3
2013 340.6
2014 334.4
2015 330.2
2016 348.3