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Advertising Sales Agents Salary in AR

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Advertising Sales Agents in AR have a median annual salary of $49,120, with 900 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $28,920 at the 10th percentile to $96,150 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$49,120

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$23.61

Employment

900

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$28,920
10th
$37,920
25th
$49,120
Median
$66,610
75th
$96,150
90th

Local compared with national

AR

$49,120

Median annual · 2025

United States

$64,820

Median annual · 2025

The AR median is 24.2% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $15,700).

Top skills

  1. 1.SpeakingImportance 4.1
  2. 2.PersuasionImportance 4.1
  3. 3.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  4. 4.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.9
  5. 5.NegotiationImportance 3.9
  6. 6.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.6
  7. 7.Service OrientationImportance 3.6
  8. 8.WritingImportance 3.3
  9. 9.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.3
  10. 10.MonitoringImportance 3.1
  11. 11.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.1
  12. 12.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.1

Career information

Education and experience

Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Canva
  • Contact management software
  • Email software
  • Facebook
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Google Ads
  • Google Analytics
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software

Common 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.
  • Deliver advertising or illustration proofs to customers for approval.
  • Process all correspondence and paperwork related to accounts.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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