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:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Other Information Services	8,420	2.32	$ 49.57	$ 103,100
Cable and Other Subscription Programming	820	1.72	$ 46.33	$ 96,360
Sound Recording Industries	110	0.60	$ 45.72	$ 95,100
Software Publishers	(8)	(8)	$ 44.15	$ 91,820
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services	(8)	(8)	$ 41.28	$ 85,870

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.

Map of employment of advertising sales agents by state, May 2021

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

Map of location quotient of advertising sales agents by state, May 2021

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

Map of annual mean wages of advertising sales agents by state, May 2021

Top paying states for 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
District of Columbia	520	0.78	1.14	$ 37.86	$ 78,760
New Jersey	990	0.26	0.37	$ 36.90	$ 76,760
California	9,340	0.56	0.82	$ 36.58	$ 76,090

Map of employment of advertising sales agents by area, May 2021

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

Map of location quotient of advertising sales agents by area, May 2021

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

Map of annual mean wages of advertising sales agents by area, May 2021

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 area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	160	0.43	0.63	$ 23.33	$ 48,520
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	160	1.20	1.74	$ 28.35	$ 58,980
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area	140	0.75	1.09	$ 24.91	$ 51,800
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	140	0.67	0.98	$ 27.50	$ 57,200
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	140	0.55	0.80	$ 19.66	$ 40,890

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Advertising Sales Agents:

Nonmetropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	70	1.21	1.76	$ 18.83	$ 39,170
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	160	1.20	1.74	$ 28.35	$ 58,980
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area	140	1.08	1.57	$ 23.53	$ 48,950
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area	120	1.04	1.51	$ 25.34	$ 52,710
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	40	0.96	1.40	$ 20.60	$ 42,850

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Advertising Sales Agents:

Nonmetropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area	160	1.20	1.74	$ 28.35	$ 58,980
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area	140	0.67	0.98	$ 27.50	$ 57,200
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area	80	0.45	0.66	$ 27.12	$ 56,400
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	50	0.86	1.26	$ 27.01	$ 56,180
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area	50	0.37	0.54	$ 26.85	$ 55,850

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