Hospitality representative vs pharmaceutical representative

The differences between hospitality representatives and pharmaceutical representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a hospitality representative and a pharmaceutical representative. Additionally, a pharmaceutical representative has an average salary of $66,166, which is higher than the $36,509 average annual salary of a hospitality representative.

The top three skills for a hospitality representative include patients, customer service and surgery. The most important skills for a pharmaceutical representative are pharmaceutical products, territory management, and medical professionals.

Hospitality representative vs pharmaceutical representative overview

	Hospitality Representative	Pharmaceutical Representative
Yearly salary	$36,509	$66,166
Hourly rate	$17.55	$31.81
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	102,858	51,956
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 77%	Bachelor's Degree, 80%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	2

Hospitality representative vs pharmaceutical representative salary

Hospitality representatives and pharmaceutical representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Hospitality Representative	Pharmaceutical Representative
Average salary	$36,509	$66,166
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $56,000	Between $42,000 And $103,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between hospitality representative and pharmaceutical representative education

There are a few differences between a hospitality representative and a pharmaceutical representative in terms of educational background:

	Hospitality Representative	Pharmaceutical Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 77%	Bachelor's Degree, 80%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Hospitality representative vs pharmaceutical representative demographics

Here are the differences between hospitality representatives' and pharmaceutical representatives' demographics:

	Hospitality Representative	Pharmaceutical Representative
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 50.0% Female, 50.0%	Male, 44.3% Female, 55.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.2% Asian, 5.1% White, 72.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Asian, 5.2% White, 72.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between hospitality representative and pharmaceutical representative duties and responsibilities

Hospitality representative example responsibilities.

Achieve sales growth objectives by incorporating product/technical knowledge, teamwork, customer and multi-product focus, innovation and creativity.
Access pain clinics, neurology, rehab and physical medicine, anesthesia and psychiatry departments
Interview patients to determine eligibility for medicaid and collaborate with social workers.
Access oncology, pain clinics, palliative care departments, hospices, pharmacies, tumor boards
Include infusion disposables, pharmacueticals (proprietary and generic), oncology products and needle-free technologies.
Exceed goals with products in therapeutic areas of neurology, hypertension, women's health and arthritis.

Pharmaceutical representative example responsibilities.

Manage and promote cardiovascular and respiratory products to local cardiologist, endocrinologists & allergists.
Manage Santa Rosa/San Francisco territories, marketing and selling respiratory, urology, cardiology to pharmacies and primary care physicians.
Collaborate with institution, cardiology, and diabetes specialists to increase penetration and productivity in hospital and endocrinology.
Complete extensive training in disease states such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, allergy, neurology and pain management.
Promote pharmaceuticals in the anti-microbial, neurology and gastroenterology markets.
Conduct discussions for a new drug for the treatment of hypertension.

Hospitality representative vs pharmaceutical representative skills

Common hospitality representative skills

Patients, 39%
Customer Service, 20%
Surgery, 7%
Hippa, 6%
Product Knowledge, 3%
Acute Care, 2%

Common pharmaceutical representative skills

Pharmaceutical Products, 17%
Territory Management, 13%
Medical Professionals, 7%
Market Share Growth, 6%
Neurology, 5%
Sales Growth, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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