Mortgage Underwriter Salaries in the United States
How much does a Mortgage Underwriter make in the United States?
Mortgage Underwriters earn $57,000 annually on average, or $27 per hour, which is 15% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Mortgage Underwriters work for Long Beach Mortgage at $88,000 annually while the lowest paid Mortgage Underwriters work for H&R Block earning approximately $25,000 each year.
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$57K Bank of America's Average Mortgage Underwriter Salary (69 salaries)
Equal to national average Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
+$12K (23%) more than average Bank of America salary ($45K)
-$11K (21%) less than average Bank of America Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
"I feel that the pay is too little. Compared to other underwriter positions, the pay is not enough. I feel that my quality of work was such that they pay should have been higher. I was consistently a top producer in my unit of 50 team members."
+$28K (39%) more than average Bank of America Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
"The salary that I am currently earning is decent but the company allows the underwriter to work overtime and bonus that makes the income great."
-$9K (17%) less than average Bank of America Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
"Underpaid by a long way. Need to be more competative"
$58K Wells Fargo's Average Mortgage Underwriter Salary (90 salaries)
+$1K (1%) more than national average Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
+$9K (16%) more than average Wells Fargo salary ($49K)
+$9K (14%) more than average Wells Fargo Mortgage Underwriter salary ($58K)
"I believe I should be paid around $37/hourly while enjoying the other attributes of a non-exempt employee."
+$27K (37%) more than average Wells Fargo Mortgage Underwriter salary ($58K)
"At Wells Fargo we were paid competitively for the work we did and the amount of files we closed. It was very rewarding."
+$36K (47%) more than average Wells Fargo Mortgage Underwriter salary ($58K)
"They is need for more money because of the amount of work you do"
$58K Mortgage Guaranty Insurance's Average Mortgage Underwriter Salary (6 salaries)
+$1K (1%) more than national average Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
-$13K (20%) less than average Mortgage Guaranty Insurance salary ($71K)
+$21K (30%) more than average Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Mortgage Underwriter salary ($58K)
"I don't have a working knowledge of how other companies compensation compares."
+$13K (20%) more than average Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Mortgage Underwriter salary ($58K)
+$13K (20%) more than average Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Mortgage Underwriter salary ($58K)
$56K Bean & Whitaker Mortgage's Average Mortgage Underwriter Salary (6 salaries)
-$1K (1%) less than national average Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
+$5K (9%) more than average Bean & Whitaker Mortgage salary ($51K)
+$13K (20%) more than average Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Mortgage Underwriter salary ($56K)
"The pay I made of $69,000 in 2008 was comparable to other underwriters."
+$5K (8%) more than average Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Mortgage Underwriter salary ($56K)
+$15K (23%) more than average Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Mortgage Underwriter salary ($56K)
$58K PHH Corp.'s Average Mortgage Underwriter Salary (6 salaries)
+$1K (1%) more than national average Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
+$7K (12%) more than average PHH Corp. salary ($51K)
+$22K (31%) more than average PHH Corp. Mortgage Underwriter salary ($58K)
"Salary was fair"
-$10K (18%) less than average PHH Corp. Mortgage Underwriter salary ($58K)
-$2K (3%) less than average PHH Corp. Mortgage Underwriter salary ($58K)
$57K CitiGroup's Average Mortgage Underwriter Salary (6 salaries)
Equal to national average Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
-$4K (6%) less than average CitiGroup salary ($61K)
+$6K (10%) more than average CitiGroup Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
"I do feel that when compared to the industry, Citibank pay is not compatible with other financial institutions."
-$6K (11%) less than average CitiGroup Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
-$6K (11%) less than average CitiGroup Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
$73K United Services Automobile Association's Average Mortgage Underwriter Salary (5 salaries)
+$16K (24%) more than national average Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
+$27K (45%) more than average United Services Automobile Association salary ($46K)
-$10K (14%) less than average United Services Automobile Association Mortgage Underwriter salary ($73K)
"On this assignment I was underpaid compared to another contracting assignment I had in the same area with a different lender. The base pay was very comparable but this assignment did not include per diem or housing. I was requited from another state for this job."
+$7K (9%) more than average United Services Automobile Association Mortgage Underwriter salary ($73K)
-$12K (17%) less than average United Services Automobile Association Mortgage Underwriter salary ($73K)
$55K CitiMortgage's Average Mortgage Underwriter Salary (4 salaries)
-$2K (3%) less than national average Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
+$7K (13%) more than average CitiMortgage salary ($48K)
+$10K (16%) more than average CitiMortgage Mortgage Underwriter salary ($55K)
"Had my position had not been eliminated, I believe my salary would have risen due to my work and abilities."
+$5K (8%) more than average CitiMortgage Mortgage Underwriter salary ($55K)
+$8K (13%) more than average CitiMortgage Mortgage Underwriter salary ($55K)
$68K Digital Risk's Average Mortgage Underwriter Salary (2 salaries)
+$11K (17%) more than national average Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
+$15K (24%) more than average Digital Risk salary ($53K)
+$7K (9%) more than average Digital Risk Mortgage Underwriter salary ($68K)
"I keep pushing"
-$8K (12%) less than average Digital Risk Mortgage Underwriter salary ($68K)
$67K PNC Financial's Average Mortgage Underwriter Salary (2 salaries)
+$10K (16%) more than national average Mortgage Underwriter salary ($57K)
+$22K (39%) more than average PNC Financial salary ($45K)
+$17K (22%) more than average PNC Financial Mortgage Underwriter salary ($67K)
"Low"
-$17K (29%) less than average PNC Financial Mortgage Underwriter salary ($67K)
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