Highest-paying Cities for Advertising Sales Agents

The top 100 highest paying cities for advertising sales agents (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of advertising sales agents in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $123,960, Framingham, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for advertising sales agents. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $98,510). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of advertising sales agents in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Advertising Sales Agents

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Framingham, Massachusetts	$123,960	$45,990	70
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$98,510	$47,520	17,970
3	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$93,230	$37,730	30
4	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$74,630	$39,050	1,060
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$74,430	$37,640	420
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$74,060	$42,390	3,620
7	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$73,530	$39,510	80
8	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$72,890	$35,150	20,190
9	Bellingham, Washington	$72,860	$33,150	60
10	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$71,180	$46,680	40
11	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$69,990	$32,560	110
12	Peabody, Massachusetts	$69,800	$27,890	70
13	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$67,620	$37,760	1,020
14	Greeley, Colorado	$67,580	$29,280	40
15	Visalia-Porterville, California	$67,570	$24,260	50
16	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$67,380	$31,080	140
17	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	$66,740	$33,230	30
18	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$66,700	$36,610	1,510
19	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$66,310	$29,160	1,770
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$65,270	$42,250	2,030
21	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$65,260	$31,680	170
22	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$64,980	$46,820	50
23	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$64,230	$34,130	280
24	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$63,370	$34,640	4,920
25	Rockford, Illinois	$63,210	$37,520	140
26	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$62,780	$28,430	180
27	Boulder, Colorado	$62,730	$35,900	100
28	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$62,600	$31,740	330
29	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$62,460	$34,330	370
30	Missoula, Montana	$62,300	$27,550	70
31	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$62,210	$33,750	560
32	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$62,190	$35,050	1,460
33	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$62,150	$29,610	9,240
34	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$61,970	$29,960	90
35	Rochester, New York	$61,620	$31,090	410
36	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$61,500	$32,270	40
37	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$61,090	$37,520	120
38	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$60,750	$32,110	240
39	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$60,710	$27,930	1,070
40	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$60,610	$36,590	1,060
41	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$60,600	$37,570	5,320
42	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$60,500	$35,360	1,570
43	Nashua, New Hampshire	$60,390	$30,930	80
44	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$60,360	$38,660	520
45	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$60,260	$34,620	120
46	Olympia, Washington	$60,210	$40,580	40
47	Kingston, New York	$60,140	$33,470	40
48	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$60,030	$31,410	890
49	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$59,900	$29,910	80
50	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$59,650	$41,510	40
51	Dover, Delaware	$59,540	$27,980	30
52	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$59,480	$35,190	390
53	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$59,460	$35,600	70
54	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$59,440	$35,760	40
55	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$59,430	$36,360	50
56	Syracuse, New York	$59,240	$33,660	190
57	Stockton, California	$59,190	$36,680	50
58	Grand Junction, Colorado	$58,930	$35,280	50
59	Anchorage, Alaska	$58,930	$30,080	90
60	Provo-Orem, Utah	$58,880	$38,570	190
61	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$58,870	$27,610	1,310
62	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$58,870	$26,360	1,210
63	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$58,820	$35,520	1,320
64	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$58,760	$21,440	30
65	New Haven, Connecticut	$58,700	$37,630	80
66	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$58,480	$37,160	1,900
67	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$58,200	$33,710	490
68	Spokane, Washington	$58,050	$34,830	210
69	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$58,040	$35,320	60
70	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$57,630	$23,320	70
71	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$57,540	$27,090	40
72	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$57,530	$30,170	500
73	Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan	$57,480	$33,840	40
74	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$57,440	$28,700	6,070
75	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$57,300	$30,130	420
76	Bend, Oregon	$57,260	$35,880	70
77	Worcester, Massachusetts	$57,250	$34,090	80
78	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$57,250	$28,460	420
79	Camden, New Jersey	$57,210	$32,560	220
80	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$57,110	$29,520	270
81	Port St Lucie, Florida	$57,100	$31,980	80
82	Flint, Michigan	$57,060	$34,500	70
83	Salinas, California	$56,990	$31,120	50
84	Jackson, Michigan	$56,960	$21,770	40
85	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$56,950	$33,970	2,800
86	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$56,750	$32,140	240
87	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$56,700	$22,730	990
88	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$56,630	$33,880	1,720
89	Richmond, Virginia	$56,590	$30,330	350
90	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$56,380	$28,450	310
91	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$56,370	$32,090	300
92	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$56,330	$29,280	60
93	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$56,140	$26,010	1,760
94	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$56,050	$27,730	50
95	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$56,030	$29,720	40
96	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$55,960	$34,780	50
97	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$55,880	$24,670	40
98	St Louis, Missouri	$55,820	$25,060	860
99	Asheville, North Carolina	$55,570	$24,560	100
100	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$55,430	$24,230	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for advertising sales agents.