Attendant sales vs sales associate

The differences between attendant sales and sales associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a sales associate has an average salary of $32,167, which is higher than the $24,079 average annual salary of an attendant sales.

The top three skills for an attendant sales include product knowledge, quality customer service and safety procedures. The most important skills for a sales associate are customer service, sales floor, and cash handling.

Attendant sales vs sales associate overview

	Attendant Sales	Sales Associate
Yearly salary	$24,079	$32,167
Hourly rate	$11.58	$15.46
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	309,823	579,849
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	-	-

Attendant sales vs sales associate salary

Attendant sales and sales associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Attendant Sales	Sales Associate
Average salary	$24,079	$32,167
Salary range	Between $16,000 And $35,000	Between $21,000 And $47,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Barclays
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between attendant sales and sales associate education

There are a few differences between an attendant sales and a sales associate in terms of educational background:

	Attendant Sales	Sales Associate
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Attendant sales vs sales associate demographics

Here are the differences between attendant sales' and sales associates' demographics:

	Attendant Sales	Sales Associate
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 45.2% Female, 54.8%	Male, 38.4% Female, 61.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 21.1% Asian, 6.7% White, 56.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 21.4% Asian, 6.9% White, 55.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between attendant sales and sales associate duties and responsibilities

Attendant sales example responsibilities.

Supervise women's department, manage jewelry department, assist customers on finalizing purchases
Prepare quality food products, process accurate register transactions, maintain general appearance and cleanliness of store premises.
Improve customer solicitation pitch to increase Kohl's credit card application solicitations.

Sales associate example responsibilities.

Supervise women's department, manage jewelry department, assist customers on finalizing purchases
Gain experience with credit cards, mathematics, as well as customer service.
Utilize forklift, order picker reach truck, electric ladder, or roll ladders to transfer merchandise to the sales floor.
Create Facebook page for Ohco Import/Export division.
Increase sales by upselling products and follow up sales calls.
Assist customers with the purchase of the perfect piece of jewelry

Attendant sales vs sales associate skills

Common attendant sales skills

Product Knowledge, 52%
Quality Customer Service, 9%
Safety Procedures, 7%
Stock Merchandise, 5%
Customer Care, 5%
POS, 4%

Common sales associate skills

Customer Service, 15%
Sales Floor, 13%
Cash Handling, 9%
Retail Sales, 9%
Loss Prevention, 7%
Basic Math, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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