Attendant sales vs technician/sales associate

The differences between attendant sales and technician/sales associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a technician/sales associate has an average salary of $35,654, 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 technician/sales associate are sales floor, retail environment, and ladders.

Attendant sales vs technician/sales associate overview

	Attendant Sales	Technician/Sales Associate
Yearly salary	$24,079	$35,654
Hourly rate	$11.58	$17.14
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	309,823	322,748
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	-	-

Attendant sales vs technician/sales associate salary

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

	Attendant Sales	Technician/Sales Associate
Average salary	$24,079	$35,654
Salary range	Between $16,000 And $35,000	Between $18,000 And $69,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Yahoo
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between attendant sales and technician/sales associate education

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

	Attendant Sales	Technician/Sales Associate
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Attendant sales vs technician/sales associate demographics

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

	Attendant Sales	Technician/Sales Associate
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 45.2% Female, 54.8%	Male, 73.1% Female, 26.9%
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, 10.3% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% Asian, 7.7% White, 56.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between attendant sales and technician/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.

Technician/sales associate example responsibilities.

Contribute to marketing business online and manage Facebook page.
Provide apple sales and service.
Used Linux for hardware testing and monitoring.
Assist customers with system restores for windows operating system.
Work to expand apple sales through training and coaching.
Perform routine inspection, testing, and repair of smartphones and other mobile devices.

Attendant sales vs technician/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 technician/sales associate skills

Sales Floor, 36%
Retail Environment, 23%
Ladders, 14%
Profitable Sales, 11%
Tech Services, 5%
Technology Sales, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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