Insurance sales supervisor vs senior sales manager

The differences between insurance sales supervisors and senior sales managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-8 years to become both an insurance sales supervisor and a senior sales manager. Additionally, a senior sales manager has an average salary of $140,662, which is higher than the $53,656 average annual salary of an insurance sales supervisor.

The top three skills for an insurance sales supervisor include sales associates, customer complaints and company sales. The most important skills for a senior sales manager are customer satisfaction, sales process, and customer service.

Insurance sales supervisor vs senior sales manager overview

	Insurance Sales Supervisor	Senior Sales Manager
Yearly salary	$53,656	$140,662
Hourly rate	$25.80	$67.63
Growth rate	-	5%
Number of jobs	84,968	115,070
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	8	8

Insurance sales supervisor vs senior sales manager salary

Insurance sales supervisors and senior sales managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Insurance Sales Supervisor	Senior Sales Manager
Average salary	$53,656	$140,662
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $90,000	Between $95,000 And $206,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Maine
Best paying company	-	Leprino Foods
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between insurance sales supervisor and senior sales manager education

There are a few differences between an insurance sales supervisor and a senior sales manager in terms of educational background:

	Insurance Sales Supervisor	Senior Sales Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Southern California

Insurance sales supervisor vs senior sales manager demographics

Here are the differences between insurance sales supervisors' and senior sales managers' demographics:

	Insurance Sales Supervisor	Senior Sales Manager
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 68.4% Female, 31.6%	Male, 61.4% Female, 38.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.0% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% Asian, 5.7% White, 73.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 3.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 4.1% White, 78.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	6%	7%

Differences between insurance sales supervisor and senior sales manager duties and responsibilities

Insurance sales supervisor example responsibilities.

Achieve proficiency in all aspects of international business from documentation to freight logistics to pricing negotiations.
Assist with quarterly ISO department audits, reviewing previous orders and preventing exposure.
Answer customer's incoming calls, emails and web inquiries and record into CRM database.
Assist in new property acquisition systems implementation as subject matter expert (SME) on billing and CRM systems.
Progress from sales to supervisory positions.
Develop national map to illustrate most competitive geographic regions, increasing department sales revenue.

Senior sales manager example responsibilities.

Develop new business leads, signing new corporate and business group (SMERF) contracts.
Communicate and manage expectations by fully utilizing available reports, CRM technologies and available resources.
Leverage other sales office resources and administrative/support staff to achieve personal and team relate revenue goals.
Full responsibility for all sales activities for a start-up electronic commerce company managing electronic data flow in the healthcare industry.
Develop and maintain SMERF and corporate accounts.
Work closely with national reservation to prevent over booking dates.

Insurance sales supervisor vs senior sales manager skills

Common insurance sales supervisor skills

Sales Associates, 37%
Customer Complaints, 23%
Company Sales, 17%
Call Monitoring, 10%
Health Insurance, 7%
Customer Satisfaction, 7%

Common senior sales manager skills

Customer Satisfaction, 17%
Sales Process, 16%
Customer Service, 5%
Sales Training, 4%
Sales Performance, 4%
CRM, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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