Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2005

41-3011 Advertising Sales Agents

Sell or solicit advertising, including graphic art, advertising space in publications, custom made signs, or TV and radio advertising time. May obtain leases for outdoor advertising sites or persuade retailer to use sales promotion display items.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
153,890 1.6 % $24.23 $50,400 1.1 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $10.14 $13.86 $20.08 $29.77 $43.13
Annual Wage (2) $21,080 $28,840 $41,770 $61,920 $89,710

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Newspaper, book, and directory publishers 51,340 $21.11 $43,910
Advertising and related services 48,860 $26.63 $55,400
Radio and television broadcasting 30,640 $24.69 $51,350
Motion picture and video industries 3,530 $25.07 $52,140
Cable and other subscription programming 2,100 $30.08 $62,560

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Activities related to real estate 270 $39.36 $81,860
Computer systems design and related services 380 $33.63 $69,950
Independent artists, writers, and performers 90 $33.45 $69,570
Securities and commodity contracts brokerage (8) $32.57 $67,740
Cable and other subscription programming 2,100 $30.08 $62,560

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all States with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
New York 24,950 $27.00 $56,150 0.299%
Vermont 550 $16.48 $34,270 0.185%
South Dakota 610 $14.96 $31,120 0.163%
Idaho 960 $21.28 $44,270 0.161%
District of Columbia 920 $30.95 $64,370 0.151%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
Michigan 5,050 $35.36 $73,550 0.116%
District of Columbia 920 $30.95 $64,370 0.151%
Minnesota 2,490 $29.01 $60,350 0.094%
California 18,200 $27.87 $57,970 0.124%
Connecticut 1,870 $27.65 $57,510 0.113%

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest published employment concentrations and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all Metropolitan areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 19,190 $28.42 $59,100 0.390%
Rapid City, SD 150 $15.00 $31,200 0.259%
Santa Fe, NM 140 $25.83 $53,740 0.250%
Montgomery, AL 400 $18.09 $37,640 0.249%
St. George, UT 110 $17.59 $36,590 0.242%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division (8) $46.44 $96,590 (8)
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,470 $45.54 $94,710 0.123%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1,680 $35.04 $72,890 0.097%
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL 310 $32.49 $67,590 0.107%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (8) $31.72 $65,970 (8)

About May 2005 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files (XLS).

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. 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 mean 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.

Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2005 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2005 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2005 Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2005 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

List of Occupations in SOC Code Number Order

List of Occupations in Alphabetical Order

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Last Modified Date: May 24, 2006