Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021
41-3011 Advertising Sales Agents
Sell or solicit advertising space, time, or media in publications, signage, TV, radio, or Internet establishments or public spaces.
National estimates for Advertising Sales Agents
Industry profile for Advertising Sales Agents
Geographic profile for Advertising Sales Agents
National estimates for Advertising Sales Agents:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Advertising Sales Agents:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 96,660 |
2.8 % |
$ 31.99 |
$ 66,540 |
1.0 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Advertising Sales Agents:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 13.80 |
$ 18.13 |
$ 25.16 |
$ 38.13 |
$ 60.27 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 28,700 |
$ 37,700 |
$ 52,340 |
$ 79,310 |
$ 125,370 |
Industry profile for Advertising Sales Agents:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Advertising Sales Agents are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Advertising Sales Agents, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Advertising Sales Agents:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services |
34,040 |
7.82 |
$ 32.97 |
$ 68,580 |
| Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers |
21,280 |
8.59 |
$ 24.17 |
$ 50,270 |
| Radio and Television Broadcasting |
19,980 |
10.49 |
$ 30.93 |
$ 64,340 |
| Other Information Services |
8,420 |
2.32 |
$ 49.57 |
$ 103,100 |
| Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services |
2,450 |
0.16 |
$ 24.78 |
$ 51,530 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Advertising Sales Agents:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Radio and Television Broadcasting |
19,980 |
10.49 |
$ 30.93 |
$ 64,340 |
| Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers |
21,280 |
8.59 |
$ 24.17 |
$ 50,270 |
| Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services |
34,040 |
7.82 |
$ 32.97 |
$ 68,580 |
| Other Information Services |
8,420 |
2.32 |
$ 49.57 |
$ 103,100 |
| Cable and Other Subscription Programming |
820 |
1.72 |
$ 46.33 |
$ 96,360 |
Top paying industries for Advertising Sales Agents:
Geographic profile for Advertising Sales Agents:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Advertising Sales Agents are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Advertising Sales Agents, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Advertising Sales Agents:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
14,640 |
1.69 |
2.46 |
$ 45.60 |
$ 94,840 |
| California |
9,340 |
0.56 |
0.82 |
$ 36.58 |
$ 76,090 |
| Florida |
6,250 |
0.73 |
1.06 |
$ 26.81 |
$ 55,770 |
| Texas |
5,300 |
0.43 |
0.63 |
$ 26.45 |
$ 55,020 |
| Washington |
5,030 |
1.57 |
2.29 |
$ 44.31 |
$ 92,170 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Advertising Sales Agents:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
14,640 |
1.69 |
2.46 |
$ 45.60 |
$ 94,840 |
| Washington |
5,030 |
1.57 |
2.29 |
$ 44.31 |
$ 92,170 |
| South Dakota |
510 |
1.20 |
1.75 |
$ 25.44 |
$ 52,920 |
| Nebraska |
950 |
0.99 |
1.45 |
$ 27.41 |
$ 57,020 |
| West Virginia |
620 |
0.94 |
1.37 |
$ 22.70 |
$ 47,210 |
Top paying states for Advertising Sales Agents:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Advertising Sales Agents:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
13,620 |
1.57 |
2.29 |
$ 47.04 |
$ 97,840 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
4,430 |
0.77 |
1.13 |
$ 37.40 |
$ 77,780 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
4,290 |
2.24 |
3.26 |
$ 46.98 |
$ 97,720 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
3,410 |
0.81 |
1.18 |
$ 33.03 |
$ 68,710 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2,250 |
0.87 |
1.27 |
$ 27.14 |
$ 56,450 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
2,250 |
0.92 |
1.34 |
$ 27.42 |
$ 57,040 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
1,710 |
0.95 |
1.39 |
$ 29.42 |
$ 61,190 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
1,580 |
0.44 |
0.64 |
$ 27.41 |
$ 57,020 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,580 |
0.59 |
0.87 |
$ 31.86 |
$ 66,270 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,530 |
0.68 |
1.00 |
$ 39.61 |
$ 82,390 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Advertising Sales Agents:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
4,290 |
2.24 |
3.26 |
$ 46.98 |
$ 97,720 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
13,620 |
1.57 |
2.29 |
$ 47.04 |
$ 97,840 |
| Rapid City, SD |
100 |
1.55 |
2.26 |
$ 26.38 |
$ 54,860 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH |
70 |
1.27 |
1.84 |
$ 20.94 |
$ 43,560 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
120 |
1.27 |
1.84 |
$ 30.45 |
$ 63,330 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
100 |
1.25 |
1.82 |
$ 28.63 |
$ 59,550 |
| Missoula, MT |
70 |
1.17 |
1.71 |
$ 19.99 |
$ 41,570 |
| Columbia, MO |
110 |
1.14 |
1.66 |
$ 25.34 |
$ 52,710 |
| Manhattan, KS |
40 |
1.14 |
1.66 |
$ 23.93 |
$ 49,780 |
| Fargo, ND-MN |
150 |
1.13 |
1.64 |
$ 26.56 |
$ 55,250 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Advertising Sales Agents:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
13,620 |
1.57 |
2.29 |
$ 47.04 |
$ 97,840 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
4,290 |
2.24 |
3.26 |
$ 46.98 |
$ 97,720 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
(8) |
(8) |
(8) |
$ 39.93 |
$ 83,050 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,530 |
0.68 |
1.00 |
$ 39.61 |
$ 82,390 |
| Trenton, NJ |
40 |
0.18 |
0.26 |
$ 38.93 |
$ 80,980 |
| Reno, NV |
70 |
0.31 |
0.46 |
$ 38.86 |
$ 80,820 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
70 |
0.25 |
0.37 |
$ 37.71 |
$ 78,440 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
4,430 |
0.77 |
1.13 |
$ 37.40 |
$ 77,780 |
| Barnstable Town, MA |
40 |
0.43 |
0.62 |
$ 35.68 |
$ 74,210 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,520 |
0.59 |
0.86 |
$ 35.54 |
$ 73,920 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Advertising Sales Agents:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Advertising Sales Agents:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Advertising Sales Agents:
About May 2021 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(8) Estimate not released.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2021 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2022
United States Department of Labor
