Your future starts here

We are growing! Now is your opportunity to discover this impactful career path, providing families and businesses of Salem with the financial tools and expertise they need to thrive.

As one of the top-producing offices, our advisors are among some of the most diverse and experienced in the state. We invite you to learn more about how your unique talents can enrich and expand our team.

Start your career with NM Salem.

In this career, you'll build lasting relationships with your clients and help them live their lives to the fullest. And you'll be building your own business from the ground up with support from seasoned mentors and award‐winning training.

As a financial advisor or representative at the Salem office, you'll enjoy:

  • The opportunity to run your own business
  • Award-winning training programs with stipends
  • Backing from the #1 ranked company for Quality of Products and Services
  • Funding for continuing education, licensing, and certifications
  • Leadership and development tracks
  • Community engagement opportunities

Live with purpose

Imagine a career where you provide life-changing solutions to the real-world problems that families and businesses face today, where you are deeply valued and generously rewarded for your initiative and tenacity.

Imagine a career where you are in charge of your own schedule, allowing you to integrate life with your profession. All while being connected to a professional, supportive network dedicated to making a difference in the lives of others.

We often see talented, innovative people finding themselves in jobs where they are held back and never discover their full potential. Many of our most successful financial professionals are career changers, and we believe that diverse experiences bring unique perspectives to our team.

If this sounds like you, click below to read how one of our Financial Advisors in the Salem office, a former educator, found financial success and professional balance in his new career with Northwestern Mutual.

What's it like to be a Financial Advisor? Take a look.

Why Northwestern Mutual?

Northwestern Mutual Headquarters

Our focus on doing right by our clients, as well as our employees, field force, and community, has earned us premiere national recognition including:

  • One of the "World's Most Admired Companies," (Fortune, 2022)
  • Ranks #111 on the Fortune 500® list
  • The highest financial strength ratings of any life insurer from all four major rating agencies
  • America's Best Employers for Diversity (Forbes, 2018, ranked #71 of 250 companies
  • A perfect score on the Disability Equality Index (DEI) 5 years in a row

Our Commitment to Diversity

We're building an inspiring, inclusive culture where everyone can bring their best self to the workplace and realize their individual potential. We are driving to a time when leaders embrace diversity as a business advantage and individuals feel highly valued and actively engaged. Our inclusive approach to delivering financial security helps create a distinctive experience for our clients. 

The Northwestern Mutual difference

No. 1

Best life insurance company for consumer experience, 2023. (NerdWallet)1

Top 5

We're one of the Top U.S. Independent Investment Broker-Dealers.2

$8.2B

In dividends expected to be paid in 2025.3

A++

AAA, Aaa, and AA+ - we've earned the highest financial strength ratings awarded to life insurers from all four major rating agencies.4