Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2011

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 this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic 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)
144,760 1.6 % $26.65 $55,430 0.9 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $10.80 $14.78 $21.76 $33.13 $47.19
Annual Wage (2) $22,460 $30,750 $45,250 $68,900 $98,160


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 (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services 52,300 12.46 $29.96 $62,330
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers 45,880 9.50 $22.51 $46,810
Radio and Television Broadcasting 25,980 12.24 $26.03 $54,150
Other Information Services 3,540 2.37 $32.97 $68,590
Motion Picture and Video Industries 2,670 0.76 $33.57 $69,820

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services 52,300 12.46 $29.96 $62,330
Radio and Television Broadcasting 25,980 12.24 $26.03 $54,150
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers 45,880 9.50 $22.51 $46,810
Other Information Services 3,540 2.37 $32.97 $68,590
Cable and Other Subscription Programming 1,480 1.88 $27.89 $58,020

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (8) (8) $69.35 $144,250
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 290 0.03 $62.09 $129,140
Scientific Research and Development Services 30 0.01 $40.62 $84,490
Specialized Design Services 820 0.71 $33.64 $69,970
Motion Picture and Video Industries 2,670 0.76 $33.57 $69,820


Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

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





States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York 20,960 2.49 2.20 $33.82 $70,350
California 14,330 1.02 0.90 $29.91 $62,210
Florida 10,600 1.48 1.31 $21.57 $44,860
Illinois 9,200 1.65 1.46 $30.80 $64,070
Texas 8,230 0.80 0.71 $24.82 $51,630




States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York 20,960 2.49 2.20 $33.82 $70,350
Illinois 9,200 1.65 1.46 $30.80 $64,070
Vermont 460 1.60 1.42 $22.24 $46,250
Montana 660 1.56 1.38 $18.54 $38,560
South Dakota 600 1.53 1.36 $20.65 $42,960




Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Connecticut 1,540 0.96 0.85 $37.91 $78,860
New York 20,960 2.49 2.20 $33.82 $70,350
New Jersey 3,100 0.82 0.73 $33.07 $68,770
Arizona 1,940 0.82 0.72 $31.27 $65,030
Illinois 9,200 1.65 1.46 $30.80 $64,070





Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 17,670 3.49 3.09 $35.35 $73,520
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metropolitan Division 6,900 1.93 1.71 $34.12 $70,970
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 4,550 1.19 1.05 $31.73 $66,000
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,140 1.86 1.65 $29.66 $61,690
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 2,370 1.30 1.15 $28.30 $58,870
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 2,330 1.39 1.23 $30.41 $63,240
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,110 1.23 1.09 $25.64 $53,330
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 2,000 0.98 0.87 $24.20 $50,330
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,990 1.45 1.29 $31.13 $64,740
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,930 1.39 1.23 $28.90 $60,110




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 17,670 3.49 3.09 $35.35 $73,520
Rapid City, SD 170 2.86 2.54 $20.95 $43,580
Danbury, CT 180 2.80 2.48 $32.81 $68,240
Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL 110 2.56 2.27 $14.48 $30,110
Great Falls, MT 80 2.27 2.01 $19.62 $40,810
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 440 2.26 2.00 $18.40 $38,270
Gainesville, FL 260 2.22 1.96 $24.42 $50,800
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 430 2.16 1.91 $21.45 $44,610
St. George, UT 100 2.13 1.89 $21.92 $45,580
Billings, MT 170 2.08 1.84 $17.01 $35,390




Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 590 1.43 1.26 $46.08 $95,840
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 470 1.47 1.30 $40.59 $84,420
Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division 570 0.59 0.53 $38.70 $80,500
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 1,840 1.92 1.70 $38.26 $79,580
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 150 0.71 0.63 $36.71 $76,360
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 210 0.72 0.64 $36.60 $76,140
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 420 0.77 0.68 $35.65 $74,150
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 17,670 3.49 3.09 $35.35 $73,520
Baltimore-Towson, MD 890 0.71 0.63 $34.48 $71,730
El Paso, TX 180 0.65 0.57 $34.39 $71,520

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 410 3.54 3.14 $15.04 $31,280
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area 360 2.51 2.23 $16.96 $35,290
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area 330 1.58 1.40 (8) (8)
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area 330 1.83 1.62 $19.14 $39,810
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 280 1.00 0.89 $15.11 $31,430

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 410 3.54 3.14 $15.04 $31,280
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area 120 2.98 2.64 $26.57 $55,260
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area 360 2.51 2.23 $16.96 $35,290
East Central North Dakota 90 2.22 1.97 $14.55 $30,260
Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area 80 1.91 1.69 $12.57 $26,150

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area 40 1.00 0.89 $29.22 $60,780
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area 130 0.56 0.50 $27.61 $57,430
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area 120 2.98 2.64 $26.57 $55,260
North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area 50 0.81 0.72 $26.52 $55,170
Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area 110 1.08 0.95 $26.29 $54,690


About May 2011 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 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.

(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 OES estimates and related information:

May 2011 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2011 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2011 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2011 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: March 27, 2012