Gold buyer vs seller

The differences between gold buyers and sellers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a gold buyer has an average salary of $54,119, which is higher than the $25,530 average annual salary of a seller.

The top three skills for a gold buyer include customer service, store locations and store operations. The most important skills for a seller are product knowledge, customer service, and POS.

Gold buyer vs seller overview

	Gold Buyer	Seller
Yearly salary	$54,119	$25,530
Hourly rate	$26.02	$12.27
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	8,845	1,064
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Average age	44	41
Years of experience	4	-

Gold buyer vs seller salary

Gold buyers and sellers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Gold Buyer	Seller
Average salary	$54,119	$25,530
Salary range	Between $35,000 And $81,000	Between $9,000 And $71,000
Highest paying City	-	Boston, MA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Point B
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between gold buyer and seller education

There are a few differences between a gold buyer and a seller in terms of educational background:

	Gold Buyer	Seller
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Akron	-

Gold buyer vs seller demographics

Here are the differences between gold buyers' and sellers' demographics:

	Gold Buyer	Seller
Average age	44	41
Gender ratio	Male, 37.3% Female, 62.7%	Male, 50.0% Female, 50.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.8% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 5.7% White, 63.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.5% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 24.4% Asian, 7.0% White, 54.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	9%	7%

Differences between gold buyer and seller duties and responsibilities

Gold buyer example responsibilities.

Coordinate and provide direction to inventory teams by managing product placement, open-to-buy, and logistics.
List eBay items and ship as well as answering questions.
Work closely with the logistics department and internal warehouse to coordinate just in time deliveries and maintain daily inventory reconciliation.
Negotiate with jewelry vendors for product re-assortments to relive inventory and increase turn.
Manage business relationship with Japanese OEM of wide-format printer engines.

Seller example responsibilities.

Require to manage time and employee hours schedule in conjunction with intake of customer PCs in need of repair.
Work in the music department shelving CDs and DVDs, and occasionally working the cash register.
Assemble PowerPoint presentations, clip books and event materials.
Create dozens of compelling PowerPoint presentations for brokers and clients.
Stock, inventory, and maintain appearance of music and DVD sales department.
Work as a seller/buyer of auto parts and utilize online payment services such as Paypal.

Gold buyer vs seller skills

Common gold buyer skills

Customer Service, 80%
Store Locations, 8%
Store Operations, 7%
Word Processing Software, 5%

Common seller skills

Product Knowledge, 72%
Customer Service, 8%
POS, 7%
Cash Handling, 5%
Ebay Store, 2%
Online Sales, 1%