Pharmaceutical analyst vs media buyer

The differences between pharmaceutical analysts and media buyers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a pharmaceutical analyst and a media buyer. Additionally, a media buyer has an average salary of $74,390, which is higher than the $66,273 average annual salary of a pharmaceutical analyst.

The top three skills for a pharmaceutical analyst include sops, HPLC and pharmaceutical industry. The most important skills for a media buyer are digital marketing, campaign performance, and media buying.

Pharmaceutical analyst vs media buyer overview

	Pharmaceutical Analyst	Media Buyer
Yearly salary	$66,273	$74,390
Hourly rate	$31.86	$35.76
Growth rate	19%	8%
Number of jobs	11,538	20,884
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 87%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	6	6

Pharmaceutical analyst vs media buyer salary

Pharmaceutical analysts and media buyers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pharmaceutical Analyst	Media Buyer
Average salary	$66,273	$74,390
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $93,000	Between $56,000 And $98,000
Highest paying City	Los Angeles, CA	Burlington, VT
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	Vermont
Best paying company	API Technologies	Bloomberg
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between pharmaceutical analyst and media buyer education

There are a few differences between a pharmaceutical analyst and a media buyer in terms of educational background:

	Pharmaceutical Analyst	Media Buyer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 87%
Most common major	Pharmacy	Communication
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Pharmaceutical analyst vs media buyer demographics

Here are the differences between pharmaceutical analysts' and media buyers' demographics:

	Pharmaceutical Analyst	Media Buyer
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 42.0% Female, 58.0%	Male, 30.1% Female, 69.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 7.8% White, 65.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 8.9% 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 pharmaceutical analyst and media buyer duties and responsibilities

Pharmaceutical analyst example responsibilities.

Manage project team meetings using SharePoint calendars.
Participate in writing and filing appropriate FDA premarket submissions.
Develop an optimize HPLC condition to simultaneously measure several cephalosporins.
Develop and implement data management monthly/quarterly goal reports and QC procedures to support them.
Analyze office administration support for analysts supporting DOD projects to identify efficiency opportunities to prototype and write report of analysis findings.
Develop and debug application programs for the disability/health care line of business utilizing COBOL.

Media buyer example responsibilities.

Manage both PPC and display buys across a network of clients.
Manage day to day performance expectation of SEO, SEM, and outside vendors.
Manage the client's Youtube page and report monthly on all social media platforms.
Manage the @ RCIHelp twitter account and provide RCI consumers with direct responses and posts.
Implement, alter and write algorithms using SQL in order to increase efficiency within the portfolios manage.
Negotiate, develop, monitor and manage delivery of book campaigns on CPA, CPC and CPM models.

Pharmaceutical analyst vs media buyer skills

Common pharmaceutical analyst skills

Sops, 40%
HPLC, 35%
Pharmaceutical Industry, 14%
Medicare, 6%
Medicaid, 5%

Common media buyer skills

Digital Marketing, 18%
Campaign Performance, 9%
Media Buying, 8%
Facebook, 7%
Google Analytics, 6%
Media Planning, 5%