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Advertising Sales Agents — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$64,820
United States, 2025
Employment
91,700
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 3
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Sell or solicit advertising space, time, or media in publications, signage, TV, radio, or Internet establishments or public spaces.
- O*NET code
- 41-3011.00
- Job zone
- 3
- Experience required
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Typical tasks
- Explain to customers how specific types of advertising will help promote their products or services in the most effective way possible.
- Prepare and deliver sales presentations to new and existing customers to sell new advertising programs and to protect and increase existing advertising.
- Obtain and study information about clients' products, needs, problems, advertising history, and business practices to offer effective sales presentations and appropriate product assistance.
- Provide clients with estimates of the costs of advertising products or services.
- Maintain assigned account bases while developing new accounts.
- Recommend appropriate sizes and formats for advertising, depending on medium used.
- Locate and contact potential clients to offer advertising services.
- Draw up contracts for advertising work, and collect payments due.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$35,240
25th percentile
$47,020
75th percentile
$99,990
90th percentile
$146,010
Most important skills
- Speaking4.1
- Persuasion4.1
- Active Listening4.0
- Negotiation3.9
- Social Perceptiveness3.9
- Service Orientation3.6
- Reading Comprehension3.6
- Writing3.3
- Critical Thinking3.3
- Judgment and Decision Making3.1
- Monitoring3.1
- Complex Problem Solving3.1
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 16 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
16
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persuasion | 4.1 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Speaking | 4.1 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Negotiation | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.9 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.6 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Service Orientation | 3.6 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.3 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Writing | 3.3 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Active Learning | 3.0 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Monitoring | 3.1 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Coordination | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Advertising Sales AgentsHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $113,250 | 380 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $105,320 | 2,770 | 2025 |
| WA | $101,320 | 3,510 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $99,010 | 13,210 | 2025 |
| NY | $98,360 | 13,570 | 2025 |
| Richmond, VA | $95,680 | 330 | 2025 |
| Tulsa, OK | $89,820 | 260 | 2025 |
| Denver, CO | $84,540 | 620 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $84,390 | 1,340 | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $83,470 | 1,100 | 2025 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $81,750 | 710 | 2025 |
| MA | $80,500 | 1,480 | 2025 |
| Charleston, SC | $80,410 | 520 | 2025 |
| Spokane, WA | $80,410 | 190 | 2025 |
| CA | $80,360 | 9,620 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $80,360 | 5,230 | 2025 |
| Oxnard, CA | $78,990 | 70 | 2025 |
| New Haven, CT | $76,830 | 70 | 2025 |
| Portland, OR | $76,570 | 730 | 2025 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $76,350 | 50 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.