Distributor vs senior sales representative

The differences between distributors and senior sales representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a distributor and a senior sales representative. Additionally, a senior sales representative has an average salary of $82,550, which is higher than the $40,606 average annual salary of a distributor.

The top three skills for a distributor include distributors, customer service and delivery truck. The most important skills for a senior sales representative are customer satisfaction, product knowledge, and sales consultants.

Distributor vs senior sales representative overview

	Distributor	Senior Sales Representative
Yearly salary	$40,606	$82,550
Hourly rate	$19.52	$39.69
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	89,197	210,521
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	4	4

Distributor vs senior sales representative salary

Distributors and senior sales representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Distributor	Senior Sales Representative
Average salary	$40,606	$82,550
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $52,000	Between $46,000 And $145,000
Highest paying City	Clifton, NJ	Boston, MA
Highest paying state	New Jersey	Massachusetts
Best paying company	ABB	Google
Best paying industry	Health Care	-

Differences between distributor and senior sales representative education

There are a few differences between a distributor and a senior sales representative in terms of educational background:

	Distributor	Senior Sales Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

Distributor vs senior sales representative demographics

Here are the differences between distributors' and senior sales representatives' demographics:

	Distributor	Senior Sales Representative
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 56.3% Female, 43.7%	Male, 63.1% Female, 36.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Asian, 5.2% White, 72.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.2% Asian, 5.1% White, 72.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between distributor and senior sales representative duties and responsibilities

Distributor example responsibilities.

Generate leads for outside sales representatives including organizing, monitoring and updating Microsoft CRM program.
Train in OSHA safety standards and maintain compliances.
Use an RF scanner to produce labels identifying repack case contents.
Use Facebook as a great social media outlet, as well as twitter.
Operate forklift and stand up forklift, used RF scanner guns to track items
Install new valves, water meters, taps for water meters, and fire hydrants.

Senior sales representative example responsibilities.

Manage regional MRI techs and schedules.
Manage educational speaker programs for physicians, nurses and pharmacists, introducing new oncology products.
Generate leads and evangelize product to physicians in orthopedics, hematology, internal medicine, surgery, critical care and cardiology.
Train new ISR's on purchasing skills.
Field service representative for HMO and PPO accounts.
Create and present PowerPoint presentations and train large groups of sales representatives.

Distributor vs senior sales representative skills

Common distributor skills

Distributors, 28%
Customer Service, 23%
Delivery Truck, 7%
Customer Relations, 7%
Product Line, 4%
Wellness Products, 4%

Common senior sales representative skills

Customer Satisfaction, 21%
Product Knowledge, 11%
Sales Consultants, 8%
Customer Relationships, 8%
Sales Process, 7%
Customer Service, 6%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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