Occupational employment / Advertising sales agents

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Advertising sales agents" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,590 $29.88 $62,150
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 27,070 $31.35 $65,210
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 23,410 $31.66 $65,850
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 5,790 $29.71 $61,800
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 5,230 $26.84 $55,820
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 4,670 $26.89 $55,920
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,550 $33.01 $68,670
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 4,310 $30.20 $62,820
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 4,070 $25.23 $52,490
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3,510 $30.02 $62,440
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 3,150 $30.65 $63,760
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2,910 $29.33 $61,000
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,900 $27.59 $57,380
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2,740 $31.46 $65,430
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,610 $26.03 $54,150
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 2,340 $29.34 $61,020
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,210 $23.06 $47,970
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,120 $30.68 $63,800
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 2,110 $32.93 $68,500
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,110 $27.73 $57,680
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 2,080 $29.79 $61,950
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 2,080 $30.53 $63,510
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,930 $27.83 $57,890
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1,750 $27.74 $57,710
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,700 $20.86 $43,400
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,640 $25.04 $52,090
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,620 $27.69 $57,600
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,490 $29.46 $61,280
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,480 $28.29 $58,840
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1,450 $21.27 $44,240
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,390 $27.12 $56,420
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,370 $28.82 $59,950
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,260 $26.78 $55,710
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,240 $23.00 $47,840
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,210 $28.20 $58,660
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,200 $24.54 $51,040
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,180 $22.06 $45,880
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,180 $26.31 $54,720
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,170 $24.95 $51,890
Pittsburgh, PA 1,150 $27.55 $57,310
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,110 $27.06 $56,290
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,070 $23.83 $49,570
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,030 $24.90 $51,800
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,010 $23.81 $49,530
Salt Lake City, UT 980 $23.25 $48,360
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 920 $32.50 $67,590
Columbus, OH 900 $19.75 $41,090
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 890 $30.36 $63,150
Austin-Round Rock, TX 870 $23.53 $48,930
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 860 $26.83 $55,810
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 830 $26.31 $54,720
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 810 $20.71 $43,080
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 800 $21.86 $45,470
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 790 $27.64 $57,490
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 740 $29.06 $60,430
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 690 $20.45 $42,530
Oklahoma City, OK 670 $19.88 $41,340
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 660 $44.95 $93,500
Jacksonville, FL 660 $25.22 $52,450
Rochester, NY 660 $23.47 $48,820
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 660 $23.77 $49,440
San Antonio, TX 660 $26.99 $56,150
Albuquerque, NM 650 $24.82 $51,630
Greensboro-High Point, NC 620 $27.41 $57,000
Richmond, VA 620 $27.40 $56,980
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 620 $18.39 $38,260
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 560 $20.31 $42,240
Tucson, AZ 560 $26.33 $54,770
Tulsa, OK 500 $20.91 $43,490
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 490 $23.78 $49,470
Lincoln, NE 490 $14.38 $29,920
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 490 $25.62 $53,300
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 490 $30.24 $62,900
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 480 $19.68 $40,940
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 470 $26.27 $54,650
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 470 $21.51 $44,730
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 460 $22.41 $46,610
Raleigh-Cary, NC 450 $24.74 $51,450
Columbia, SC 450 $21.99 $45,740
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 450 $19.78 $41,140
El Paso, TX 450 $20.71 $43,070
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 440 $26.02 $54,120
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 440 $20.66 $42,970
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 430 $16.32 $33,940
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 430 $25.14 $52,300
Lancaster, PA 420 $24.70 $51,380
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 410 $18.53 $38,540
Akron, OH 400 $22.46 $46,730
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 400 $22.20 $46,170
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 370 $23.35 $48,560
Peoria, IL 370 Not available Not available
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 360 $18.04 $37,520
Madison, WI 360 $21.69 $45,110
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 350 $19.99 $41,580
Toledo, OH 350 $23.14 $48,130
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 350 $25.35 $52,720
Spokane, WA 340 $23.92 $49,740
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 340 $22.28 $46,350
Greenville, SC 340 $21.03 $43,740
Lexington-Fayette, KY 340 $19.31 $40,170
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 330 $27.68 $57,580
Honolulu, HI 320 $24.01 $49,940
Dayton, OH 320 $23.43 $48,720
Fresno, CA 320 $24.12 $50,160
Wichita, KS 310 $21.17 $44,040
Springfield, MO 310 $22.36 $46,500
Syracuse, NY 310 $24.46 $50,870
Boise City-Nampa, ID 300 $25.40 $52,820
Tallahassee, FL 300 $20.32 $42,270
Mobile, AL 290 $24.27 $50,480
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 290 $23.29 $48,450
Jackson, MS 280 $17.71 $36,830
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 280 $20.58 $42,820
Cedar Rapids, IA 260 $21.90 $45,560
Boulder, CO 260 $23.25 $48,360
Colorado Springs, CO 260 $27.27 $56,730
Fort Wayne, IN 250 $17.84 $37,110
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 240 $22.03 $45,820
Winston-Salem, NC 240 $22.34 $46,460
Montgomery, AL 240 $27.17 $56,510
Bakersfield, CA 240 $25.19 $52,400
Baton Rouge, LA 240 $22.37 $46,530
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 240 Not available Not available
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 230 $23.41 $48,690
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 230 $18.29 $38,040
Reno-Sparks, NV 230 $24.11 $50,140
Knoxville, TN 230 $19.48 $40,520
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 230 $24.82 $51,620
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 230 $24.29 $50,520
Durham, NC 220 $20.87 $43,400
Rockford, IL 220 $27.02 $56,210
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 220 $15.49 $32,220
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 220 $23.16 $48,180
Green Bay, WI 210 $23.73 $49,350
Huntsville, AL 200 $23.13 $48,110
Worcester, MA-CT 200 $23.64 $49,170
Sioux Falls, SD 200 $21.98 $45,720
Anchorage, AK 200 $22.67 $47,140
Reading, PA 200 $27.37 $56,930
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 200 $25.97 $54,020
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 200 $36.36 $75,620
Stockton, CA 200 $20.82 $43,310
Evansville, IN-KY 200 $18.97 $39,460
Canton-Massillon, OH 200 $24.08 $50,080
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 190 $32.48 $67,560
Springfield, MA-CT 190 $25.88 $53,820
Duluth, MN-WI 190 $20.76 $43,180
Appleton, WI 190 $23.00 $47,850
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 190 $35.69 $74,240
Charleston, WV 190 $23.94 $49,790
Lubbock, TX 190 $22.95 $47,740
Wilmington, NC 180 $18.43 $38,330
Eugene-Springfield, OR 180 $24.32 $50,590
New Haven, CT 180 $26.31 $54,730
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 180 $26.60 $55,330
Asheville, NC 180 $18.85 $39,220
Lakeland, FL 180 $22.57 $46,950
Erie, PA 180 $26.64 $55,420
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 170 $23.50 $48,880
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 170 $17.74 $36,900
Fayetteville, NC 170 $15.96 $33,210
Williamsport, PA 170 Not available Not available
Santa Fe, NM 170 $23.15 $48,140
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 160 $16.07 $33,430
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 160 $17.57 $36,550
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 160 $24.10 $50,140
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 160 $24.99 $51,970
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 160 $18.32 $38,100
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 160 $29.12 $60,580
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 160 $18.94 $39,390
Billings, MT 150 $15.43 $32,100
Chattanooga, TN-GA 150 $23.63 $49,140
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 150 $20.54 $42,730
Salem, OR 150 $18.95 $39,410
St. Cloud, MN 150 $20.23 $42,080
Gainesville, FL 150 $18.20 $37,850
Modesto, CA 140 $25.75 $53,550
Lafayette, LA 140 $22.66 $47,140
Salinas, CA 140 $23.04 $47,930
Dothan, AL 140 $18.44 $38,350
Savannah, GA 130 $18.81 $39,120
York-Hanover, PA 130 $21.13 $43,940
Utica-Rome, NY 130 $21.65 $45,040
Rapid City, SD 130 $19.71 $41,000
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 130 $20.60 $42,850
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 130 $21.85 $45,450
Macon, GA 120 $14.66 $30,500
Chico, CA 120 $23.63 $49,160
Binghamton, NY 120 $20.73 $43,120
Champaign-Urbana, IL 120 $28.46 $59,190
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 120 $14.21 $29,550
La Crosse, WI-MN 120 $18.59 $38,670
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 120 $16.97 $35,300
Fort Smith, AR-OK 120 $16.42 $34,160
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 120 $20.11 $41,830
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 120 $23.43 $48,740
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 120 $26.22 $54,550
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 120 $17.66 $36,740
Bismarck, ND 120 $28.01 $58,250
Bend, OR 120 $25.03 $52,060
Charlottesville, VA 110 $31.34 $65,180
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 110 $19.77 $41,110
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 110 $19.53 $40,630
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 110 $19.44 $40,430
Joplin, MO 110 $19.71 $40,990
Barnstable Town, MA 110 $28.49 $59,260
Topeka, KS 100 $19.42 $40,400
Lafayette, IN 100 $18.21 $37,880
Longview, TX 100 Not available Not available
Visalia-Porterville, CA 100 $19.44 $40,440
Portsmouth, NH-ME 100 Not available Not available
Corpus Christi, TX 100 $18.26 $37,990
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 100 Not available Not available
Coeur d'Alene, ID 100 $19.73 $41,040
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 100 $19.17 $39,880
Ann Arbor, MI 100 $29.26 $60,860
Spartanburg, SC 100 $22.61 $47,020
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 100 $23.36 $48,600
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 100 $24.20 $50,330
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 100 Not available Not available
Lake Charles, LA 90 $18.99 $39,500
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 90 $33.04 $68,720
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 90 $25.97 $54,020
Wausau, WI 90 $19.56 $40,680
Missoula, MT 90 $15.59 $32,440
Lawrence, KS 90 $20.55 $42,740
Muncie, IN 90 $21.64 $45,000
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 90 $19.02 $39,560
Ocala, FL 90 $22.75 $47,330
Johnson City, TN 90 $24.10 $50,130
Punta Gorda, FL 90 $20.81 $43,270
Prescott, AZ 90 $25.49 $53,020
Rome, GA 90 $18.91 $39,320
Amarillo, TX 90 $16.11 $33,520
Janesville, WI 80 $20.66 $42,970
Dubuque, IA 80 $20.60 $42,840
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 80 $16.67 $34,670
Manchester, NH 80 $23.50 $48,870
Fargo, ND-MN 80 $18.54 $38,570
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 80 $22.31 $46,400
Tuscaloosa, AL 80 Not available Not available
Bellingham, WA 80 $20.60 $42,850
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 80 $15.63 $32,520
Columbus, GA-AL 80 $29.34 $61,030
Las Cruces, NM 80 $13.10 $27,260
Tyler, TX 80 $27.17 $56,520
Kingston, NY 80 $20.57 $42,800
Atlantic City, NJ 80 $23.59 $49,060
Jackson, TN 80 $19.02 $39,550
Springfield, IL 70 $28.28 $58,820
Albany, GA 70 $11.64 $24,220
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 70 $22.32 $46,420
Flint, MI 70 Not available Not available
Grand Junction, CO 70 $25.98 $54,030
Olympia, WA 70 $23.98 $49,870
Yakima, WA 70 $28.84 $59,980
Florence, SC 70 $9.53 $19,820
Casper, WY 70 $28.35 $58,960
Monroe, LA 70 $18.07 $37,580
Flagstaff, AZ 60 $19.60 $40,760
Danbury, CT 60 $40.52 $84,280
Great Falls, MT 60 $15.06 $31,330
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 60 $23.01 $47,870
Brunswick, GA 60 $19.78 $41,150
Gainesville, GA 60 $19.68 $40,930
Iowa City, IA 60 $16.88 $35,100
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 60 Not available Not available
Bloomington-Normal, IL 60 $18.42 $38,310
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 60 Not available Not available
Anniston-Oxford, AL 60 $32.73 $68,090
Bangor, ME 60 $14.22 $29,570
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 60 $18.69 $38,870
Wheeling, WV-OH 50 Not available Not available
Waco, TX 50 $15.64 $32,540
Farmington, NM 50 $16.40 $34,110
Laredo, TX 50 $13.36 $27,800
Athens-Clarke County, GA 50 $13.62 $28,330
Abilene, TX 50 $27.06 $56,280
Glens Falls, NY 50 $23.50 $48,880
Ithaca, NY 50 $20.84 $43,350
Mansfield, OH 50 $17.87 $37,170
Columbia, MO 50 $19.44 $40,430
Rocky Mount, NC 50 $24.44 $50,840
Alexandria, LA 50 $20.97 $43,620
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 50 $23.39 $48,650
St. Joseph, MO-KS 50 $19.05 $39,630
Lynchburg, VA 50 $19.55 $40,670
Midland, TX 50 $23.51 $48,910
Jonesboro, AR 50 $16.18 $33,660
Jackson, MI 40 $18.81 $39,120
Wenatchee, WA 40 $15.32 $31,870
Fond du Lac, WI 40 $18.71 $38,910
Goldsboro, NC 40 $19.67 $40,900
Greenville, NC 40 $19.78 $41,150
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 40 $18.04 $37,510
Jacksonville, NC 40 $19.56 $40,680
College Station-Bryan, TX 40 $17.90 $37,230
Idaho Falls, ID 40 $22.00 $45,770
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 40 $21.25 $44,200
Valdosta, GA 40 $24.56 $51,090
Medford, OR 40 $24.24 $50,410
Merced, CA 40 $18.52 $38,530
Johnstown, PA 40 $21.08 $43,860
State College, PA 40 $20.98 $43,640
Eau Claire, WI 40 $14.76 $30,700
Cheyenne, WY 40 $23.31 $48,490
Hattiesburg, MS 40 $14.78 $30,740
Rochester, MN 40 Not available Not available
Sheboygan, WI 40 $26.28 $54,660
New Bedford, MA 40 $25.25 $52,520
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 40 $11.18 $23,250
Greeley, CO 40 $19.88 $41,360
Pueblo, CO 40 $23.49 $48,860
Harrisonburg, VA 40 $19.82 $41,230
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 40 $12.54 $26,070
Auburn-Opelika, AL 30 $25.57 $53,180
San Angelo, TX 30 $14.97 $31,130
Terre Haute, IN 30 $14.99 $31,180
Owensboro, KY 30 $21.48 $44,680
Clarksville, TN-KY 30 $14.39 $29,940
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 30 $24.25 $50,440
Altoona, PA 30 $23.57 $49,020
Logan, UT-ID 30 Not available Not available
Ames, IA 30 $13.07 $27,190
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 30 $24.21 $50,350
Jefferson City, MO 30 $19.42 $40,400
Salisbury, MD 30 $26.65 $55,420
Michigan City-La Porte, IN Not available $21.08 $43,860
Grand Forks, ND-MN Not available $23.33 $48,530
Bloomington, IN Not available $16.79 $34,930
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI Not available $21.29 $44,280
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME Not available $22.18 $46,140
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division Not available $17.20 $35,770
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Not available $20.42 $42,480
Roanoke, VA Not available $22.41 $46,600
Elmira, NY Not available $19.31 $40,160
Naples-Marco Island, FL Not available $24.36 $50,680
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