Occupations/41-3011.00
Advertising Sales Agents
Sell or solicit advertising space, time, or media in publications, signage, TV, radio, or Internet establishments or public spaces.
Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.
AI automation risk
42%
Mixed exposure
Human characteristics
52%
Balanced human and task mix
Task orientation
25%
More resilient
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Provide clients with estimates of the costs of advertising products or services.
- Mostly human
Locate and contact potential clients to offer advertising services.
- Mostly human
Obtain and study information about clients' products, needs, problems, advertising history, and business practices to offer effective sales presentations and appropriate product assistance.
The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.
Core tasks
- 01Prepare and deliver sales presentations to new and existing customers to sell new advertising programs and to protect and increase existing advertising.
- 02Maintain assigned account bases while developing new accounts.
- 03Provide clients with estimates of the costs of advertising products or services.
- 04Locate and contact potential clients to offer advertising services.
- 05Explain to customers how specific types of advertising will help promote their products or services in the most effective way possible.
- 06Obtain and study information about clients' products, needs, problems, advertising history, and business practices to offer effective sales presentations and appropriate product assistance.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.67
- Degree of automation1.70
- Time sitting3.59
- Originality (ability)3.25
- Conflict situations3.01
- Hands-on objects/tools1.99
- Outdoors / weather2.74
- Disease exposure1.13
- Decision freedom4.55
Top abilities
- Speech Clarity4.12
- Oral Expression4.12
- Speech Recognition4.00
- Oral Comprehension4.00
- Written Comprehension3.88
- Written Expression3.50
- Near Vision3.38
- Originality3.25
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.38
- Active Listening3.75
- Writing3.12
- Speaking4.12
- Mathematics2.75
- Science1.00
- Critical Thinking3.25
- Active Learning2.88
- Learning Strategies2.62
- Monitoring3.00
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 22 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr $66,169 2 yr $82,882 Master's · CIP 52.18 |
Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · Public | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $10,000 | 53% | 83% | 1 yr $56,351 2 yr $51,750 Bachelor's · CIP 52.18 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $11,200 | 49% | 89% | 1 yr $51,960 2 yr $50,439 Bachelor's · CIP 52.18 |
Houston Community College Houston, TX · Public | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $4,300 | 100% | 24% | 1 yr $49,258 2 yr $49,358 Bachelor's · CIP 52.18 |
Saint Paul College St. Paul, MN · Public | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $6,100 | 100% | 29% | 1 yr $29,685 2 yr — Associate · CIP 52.18 |
Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN · Public | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $9,800 | 71% | 61% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Associate · CIP 52.18 |
Hamline University St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $48,200 | 81% | 71% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
Rochester Community and Technical College Rochester, MN · Public | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $6,200 | 100% | 33% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
Ridgewater College Willmar, MN · Public | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $6,100 | 100% | 36% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
North Hennepin Community College Brooklyn Park, MN · Public | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $5,900 | 100% | 31% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
Iowa State University Ames, IA · Public | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $10,400 | 90% | 77% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
North Dakota State University Fargo, ND · Public | Selling Skills and Sales Operations 52.1804 | $10,900 | 96% | 68% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Bachelor's · CIP 52.18 |