Instruments sales representative vs professional representative

The differences between instruments sales representatives and professional representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both an instruments sales representative and a professional representative. Additionally, an instruments sales representative has an average salary of $129,809, which is higher than the $71,939 average annual salary of a professional representative.

The top three skills for an instruments sales representative include capital equipment, mixers and spine. The most important skills for a professional representative are pharmaceutical products, territory management, and market share growth.

Instruments sales representative vs professional representative overview

	Instruments Sales Representative	Professional Representative
Yearly salary	$129,809	$71,939
Hourly rate	$62.41	$34.59
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	159,779	94,098
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	2

Instruments sales representative vs professional representative salary

Instruments sales representatives and professional representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Instruments Sales Representative	Professional Representative
Average salary	$129,809	$71,939
Salary range	Between $93,000 And $179,000	Between $43,000 And $118,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between instruments sales representative and professional representative education

There are a few differences between an instruments sales representative and a professional representative in terms of educational background:

	Instruments Sales Representative	Professional Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Instruments sales representative vs professional representative demographics

Here are the differences between instruments sales representatives' and professional representatives' demographics:

	Instruments Sales Representative	Professional Representative
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 66.4% Female, 33.6%	Male, 46.4% Female, 53.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.5% Asian, 5.2% White, 72.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 5.2% White, 72.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between instruments sales representative and professional representative duties and responsibilities

Instruments sales representative example responsibilities.

Generate leads and evangelize product to physicians in orthopedics, hematology, internal medicine, surgery, critical care and cardiology.
Spearhead for the sales of high end clinical chemistry systems to hospital and reference labs.
Generate leads and evangelize product to physicians in orthopedics, hematology, internal medicine, surgery, critical care and cardiology.
Present PowerPoint presentations in a classroom environment to regional managers.

Professional representative example responsibilities.

Position office personnel to achieve NCQA patient self-management standards by planning and executing diabetes disease management programs.
Achieve sales growth objectives by incorporating product/technical knowledge, teamwork, customer and multi-product focus, innovation and creativity.
Identify think leaders & launch first in class diabetes management medication while reaching/exceeding sales objectives in all therapeutic categories.
Establish rapport with the respiratory department in the territories largest hospital which result in meeting and detailing``no-see"pulmonologists
Represent AstraZeneca products in the respiratory and cardiology markets.
Maintain point responsibility for cardiovascular and neurology franchise within district.

Instruments sales representative vs professional representative skills

Common instruments sales representative skills

Capital Equipment, 33%
Mixers, 21%
Spine, 15%
Chemistry, 13%
Instrument Sales, 11%
Trade Shows, 6%

Common professional representative skills

Pharmaceutical Products, 17%
Territory Management, 14%
Market Share Growth, 9%
Neurology, 7%
Cardiology, 6%
Internal Medicine, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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