the Reading metro employs 50 advertising sales agents at a median of $58,010 a year, per the BLS. What follows is the role at YelloPost, the compensation, and the market you would be working.
There are 50 advertising sales agents in Reading, PA; per 1,000 jobs that is 0.3. The concentration figure is the useful one: a location quotient of 0.5 means the occupation is thinner here than in the US workforce, which usually means many local businesses have never had a dedicated advertising rep. The median advertising sales agent in Reading, PA earns $58,010 (mean $63,990), 11 percent below the US median of $64,820. Treat the BLS wage as the local benchmark for the skill. A rep on the 18% residual model is building an asset, so the useful question is how many accounts the market can support, not the median wage.
| Occupation (SOC) | Jobs | Mean annual | Median annual | vs US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives 41-4012 | 1,460 | $76,210 | $66,130 | 8 percent below |
| Market research analysts and marketing specialists 13-1161 | 520 | $71,500 | $63,040 | 20 percent below |
| Advertising sales agents 41-3011 | 50 | $63,990 | $58,010 | 11 percent below |
County Business Patterns counts 8,521 employer establishments in Reading, PA, 19.7 for every 1,000 residents (21 percent below the national figure; the US rate is 25). The home-services trades alone account for 536 establishments (6.3% of the base, 2 points above the US share), and they are the accounts that run month after month. The biggest categories of local advertiser in the metro are restaurants (606), personal care services (240) and landscaping companies (207). Where competition is thickest: beauty salons, 1.9 times as common here as in the country at large. More on the business landscape across the state: Pennsylvania.
What the rep does: build a list of local businesses in the Reading metro, open conversations, run discovery, present a plan and close. The fulfillment team then builds and runs the campaigns. Remote-flexible means exactly that. The territory is the Reading metro; where you sit while you work it is up to you.
The pay is residual: 18% of ad spend, every month, uncapped, on every account you keep in good standing. It is a 1099 entrepreneurial seat with no base salary and no draw.
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. The arithmetic: a $3,000-a-month account pays you $540 a month for as long as it runs; twenty such accounts pay $10,800 a month.
Inside the city limits of Reading: 95,242 people, a median household income of $44,091 (45 percent below the metro), a median home value of $121,300 (53 percent below the metro) and homeownership of 40.6%. Median age: 31.9. Reading holds 22% of the metro's 433,015 residents. Of 33,164 households, 13,474 are owners and 19,690 are renters. 6,467 adults, 11.4% of those 25 and over, hold a bachelor's degree or higher. A labor force of 44,630 carries 6,125 unemployed, an unemployment rate of 13.7%. More on the market on the Pennsylvania page.
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, metropolitan area Reading, PA (SOC 41-3011, 13-1161, 41-4012). US Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimates for Reading city and the Reading metro. County Business Patterns 2023. Comparisons with the US use the same sources. YelloPost pay terms are the company's own.
A resume and a short note is enough to start. If the background fits, you get a call within 48 hours.
careers@yellopost.com · (916) 260-2570