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Advertising majors have a hard time finding a job right out of college. Graduates with an advertising degree are entering a strange job market and it can be hard to find your first job in advertising. To make finding a job easier, Zippia scanned through 13,893 advertising major resumes to identify the jobs advertising majors most prefer.

Highest-Paying Jobs With a Advertising Degree

  1. Starting Salary
    $44,000
    Job openings
    205,561
    Job Description:
    Account Executives are responsible for looking after the company's client as well as keeping the company-client relationships at a high standard. Their goal is to increase the amount of business a company does with those clients.
  2. Starting Salary
    $44,000
    Job openings
    117,707
    Top Locations:
    New York, NY;  San Francisco, CA;  Chicago, IL;  
    Job Description:
    Advertising sales agents sell advertising space to businesses and individuals. They contact potential clients, make sales presentations, and maintain client accounts.
  3. Starting Salary
    $36,000
    Job openings
    87,145
    Job Description:
    Market research analysts study market conditions to examine potential sales of a product or service. They help companies understand what products people want, who will buy them, and at what price.
  4. Starting Salary
    $36,000
    Job openings
    42,819
    Job Description:
    Public relations specialists create and maintain a favorable public image for the organization they represent. They design media releases to shape public perception of their organization and to increase awareness of its work and goals.
  5. Starting Salary
    $35,000
    Job openings
    79,218
    Job Description:
    Market research analysts study market conditions to examine potential sales of a product or service. They help companies understand what products people want, who will buy them, and at what price.
  6. Starting Salary
    $34,000
    Job openings
    91,281
    Job Description:
    Market research analysts study market conditions to examine potential sales of a product or service. They help companies understand what products people want, who will buy them, and at what price.
  7. Starting Salary
    $34,000
    Job openings
    45,625
    Job Description:
    Graphic designers create visual concepts, using computer software or by hand, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, and captivate consumers. They develop the overall layout and production design for various applications such as advertisements, brochures, magazines, and corporate reports.
  8. Starting Salary
    $28,000
    Job openings
    77,611
    Job Description:
    Market research analysts study market conditions to examine potential sales of a product or service. They help companies understand what products people want, who will buy them, and at what price.
  9. Starting Salary
    $24,000
    Job openings
    79,411
    Job Description:
    Public relations specialists create and maintain a favorable public image for the organization they represent. They design media releases to shape public perception of their organization and to increase awareness of its work and goals.
  10. Starting Salary
    $23,000
    Job openings
    122,135
    Job Description:
    Market research analysts study market conditions to examine potential sales of a product or service. They help companies understand what products people want, who will buy them, and at what price.

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What can you do with an advertising degree?

Zippia created an advertising career map to help recent graduates find career paths. It's based on real resumes from job seekers with bachelor's degrees in advertising. The map shows the most common jobs advertising majors take throughout the first four jobs of their careers.

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Average advertising major salary

Advertising major salaries vary significantly by industry. Graduates with an advertising bachelor's degree who work in the technology industry have an average salary of $75,605, while those graduates who work in the hospitality industry have an average salary of $50,214. If pay is important to you, then you should look for advertising jobs in the technology industry.

Average advertising major salary by industry

RankIndustryAverage Advertising Salary Advertising Salary Range
1Technology
$75,605
$42k
$104k
2Transportation
$66,443
$42k
$104k
3Health Care
$62,905
$42k
$104k
4Manufacturing
$62,235
$42k
$104k
5Finance
$61,835
$42k
$104k

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