Pharmaceutical sales consultant vs hospitality representative

The differences between pharmaceutical sales consultants and hospitality 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 pharmaceutical sales consultant and a hospitality representative. Additionally, a pharmaceutical sales consultant has an average salary of $108,786, which is higher than the $36,509 average annual salary of a hospitality representative.

The top three skills for a pharmaceutical sales consultant include pharmaceutical products, medical professionals and market share growth. The most important skills for a hospitality representative are patients, customer service, and surgery.

Pharmaceutical sales consultant vs hospitality representative overview

	Pharmaceutical Sales Consultant	Hospitality Representative
Yearly salary	$108,786	$36,509
Hourly rate	$52.30	$17.55
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	106,188	102,858
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 81%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	2

Pharmaceutical sales consultant vs hospitality representative salary

Pharmaceutical sales consultants and hospitality representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pharmaceutical Sales Consultant	Hospitality Representative
Average salary	$108,786	$36,509
Salary range	Between $61,000 And $191,000	Between $23,000 And $56,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between pharmaceutical sales consultant and hospitality representative education

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

	Pharmaceutical Sales Consultant	Hospitality Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 81%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Pharmaceutical sales consultant vs hospitality representative demographics

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

	Pharmaceutical Sales Consultant	Hospitality Representative
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 45.7% Female, 54.3%	Male, 50.0% Female, 50.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.9% Asian, 5.1% White, 73.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	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%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between pharmaceutical sales consultant and hospitality representative duties and responsibilities

Pharmaceutical sales consultant example responsibilities.

Team lead to coordinate and execute local and regional KOL lead speaker programs.
Manage client's regulatory document archives/submissions to, and the routine contacts with the FDA.
Manage Santa Rosa/San Francisco territories, marketing and selling respiratory, urology, cardiology to pharmacies and primary care physicians.
Drive growth in cardiovascular, diabetes, and anti-infective, Alzheimer's, and bone disease states.
Succeed in building multiple territories in different therapeutic areas: rheumatology, endocrinology, OB/GYN, primary care and mixed-specialty IDNs.
Educate in headache, osteoporosis, asthma, heart disease/hypertension/hypercholesterolemia, depression, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

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 sales consultant vs hospitality representative skills

Common pharmaceutical sales consultant skills

Pharmaceutical Products, 15%
Medical Professionals, 9%
Market Share Growth, 7%
Healthcare Professionals, 6%
Internal Medicine, 6%
Cardiology, 5%

Common hospitality representative skills

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

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Updated January 8, 2025

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