Fuel agent vs purchaser

The differences between fuel agents and purchasers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a fuel agent and a purchaser. Additionally, a purchaser has an average salary of $50,031, which is higher than the $34,531 average annual salary of a fuel agent.

The top three skills for a fuel agent include safety procedures, safety policies and report malfunctions. The most important skills for a purchaser are purchase orders, FDA, and POS.

Fuel agent vs purchaser overview

	Fuel Agent	Purchaser
Yearly salary	$34,531	$50,031
Hourly rate	$16.60	$24.05
Growth rate	1%	-
Number of jobs	30,112	6,852
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 37%	Bachelor's Degree, 54%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	6	6

Fuel agent vs purchaser salary

Fuel agents and purchasers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Fuel Agent	Purchaser
Average salary	$34,531	$50,031
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $52,000	Between $36,000 And $68,000
Highest paying City	-	Atlantic City, NJ
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	Barnes Group
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between fuel agent and purchaser education

There are a few differences between a fuel agent and a purchaser in terms of educational background:

	Fuel Agent	Purchaser
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 37%	Bachelor's Degree, 54%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Fuel agent vs purchaser demographics

Here are the differences between fuel agents' and purchasers' demographics:

	Fuel Agent	Purchaser
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 90.1% Female, 9.9%	Male, 49.2% Female, 50.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 6.6% White, 66.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 12.2% Asian, 7.7% White, 66.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between fuel agent and purchaser duties and responsibilities

Fuel agent example responsibilities.

Manage for multiple medical clients performing tasks such as medical billing, submitting insurance and verifying insurance including Medicare and Medicaid.
Perform aircraft refueling services following company and FAA safety guidelines.
Coordinate fueling operations to meet FAA, POS, and airline requirements.
Manage for multiple medical clients performing tasks such as medical billing, submitting insurance and verifying insurance including Medicare and Medicaid.
Conduct presentations regarding all policy information offer through AFLAC

Purchaser example responsibilities.

Purchase components for production; run daily production schedule; manage inventory of items; source alternative items for production
Work extensively with customers to identify business and project requirements through RFI's, RFP's, and RFQ's.
Handle RFQ (request for quotation) and the RFB (request for bid).
Insure day to day operations run smoothly.
Operate ERP system in factory and keep the data update.
Order parts & MRO items as needed for production workers.

Fuel agent vs purchaser skills

Common fuel agent skills

Safety Procedures, 46%
Safety Policies, 36%
Report Malfunctions, 9%
Ground Support Equipment, 5%
Automatic Transmissions, 3%
Aircraft Departure, 2%

Common purchaser skills

Purchase Orders, 38%
FDA, 7%
POS, 6%
Commodities, 5%
Logistics, 4%
Expedite, 3%