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Advertising Sales Agents

United States. Estimated employment 91,700, with pages for 5 metro areas below.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 41-3011
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$64,820 · 50th
$35,24010th
$47,02025th
$64,82050th
$99,99075th
$146,01090th

That is the medianhalf of advertising sales agents in the US earn more.

Table 1 — By metro area

Where it pays

Every published Advertising Sales Agents page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.

Metro areaMedianEmployment
New York, NY$99,01013,210
Albany, NY$70,110220
Rochester, NY$68,310260
Buffalo, NY$66,300250
Syracuse, NY$63,940110
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment
91,700 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 41-3011, Advertising Sales Agents. Mapped to our taxonomy as advertising-sales-agents.

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