By the BLS count there are 230 advertising sales agents in the Harrisburg metro earning a median of $58,250. Below: what the job is, how the money works, and what the public data says about Harrisburg as a market.
Read against the US, a location quotient of 1.1 means the occupation is about 1.1 times as concentrated here as in the US workforce, so local businesses are used to being called on and the reps who win are the ones who bring something new. Start with the count: 230 advertising sales agents in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA (0.7 per 1,000 jobs). A median of $58,250 and a mean of $67,110 for the occupation locally, 10 percent below the national median of $64,820. The BLS figures are what employers in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA pay for advertising selling as a job. The YelloPost model pays a share of ad spend instead, with no ceiling, so the comparison is between a wage and a book.
| Occupation (SOC) | Jobs | Mean annual | Median annual | vs US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web developers 15-1254 | 100 | $86,150 | $83,560 | 10 percent below |
| Market research analysts and marketing specialists 13-1161 | 1,560 | $76,250 | $71,500 | 9 percent below |
| Wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives 41-4012 | 2,450 | $77,170 | $62,310 | 14 percent below |
| Advertising sales agents 41-3011 | 230 | $67,110 | $58,250 | 10 percent below |
You do not have to live in Harrisburg. The territory is the metro, the work is mostly phone, video and email, and some reps meet business owners in person because it helps them close. You would be the person local business owners in Harrisburg, PA talk to about advertising: prospecting, discovery, the pitch, the close, and the ongoing relationship.
You are paid 18% recurring on the ad spend of every account you sign and maintain, every month. There is no base salary and no draw, and there is no cap on how many accounts you can stack.
This is for people who would rather own their accounts than rent them: self-starters, reps from the local-advertising world, side-business owners with a network. It is not for anyone who wants a salary, a draw or a lead list. One account at $3,000 a month is $540 a month to you. Stack twenty at that average and the book pays $10,800 a month on its own.
The business base is 14,274 establishments with employees, 23.6 per 1,000 residents, 6 percent below the national figure (US: 25). Home services, the category that advertises most consistently, is 539 establishments here, 3.8% of the base and 1 points below the US share. Among the trades that buy local advertising most often, the largest here are restaurants (1,030), physicians' offices (459) and personal care services (422). The clearest over-index is beauty salons, at 1.8 times the US share of establishments. Crowded categories buy advertising because they have to. More on the local business landscape: Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA.
50,287 people live in Harrisburg. The median household income of $48,099 runs 41 percent below the metro figure; the median home value of $124,200 is 51 percent below the metro median; 36.6% of homes are owned rather than rented. The city has 22,137 occupied homes, 8,093 of them owner-occupied and 14,044 rented. A labor force of 24,186 carries 2,765 unemployed, an unemployment rate of 11.4%. A four-year degree or more: 8,309 adults, 25.9% of the adult population. The city accounts for 8.3% of the metro population of 604,155. Median age: 33.4. Full Census profiles: Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA and Pennsylvania.
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, metropolitan area Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA (SOC 41-3011, 13-1161, 15-1254, 41-4012). US Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimates for Harrisburg city and the Harrisburg metro. County Business Patterns 2023. US comparison figures come from the same series. The commission terms are YelloPost's, not a government statistic.
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