Professional representative vs primary care representative

The differences between professional representatives and primary care 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 professional representative and a primary care representative. Additionally, a primary care representative has an average salary of $187,913, which is higher than the $71,939 average annual salary of a professional representative.

The top three skills for a professional representative include pharmaceutical products, territory management and market share growth. The most important skills for a primary care representative are product knowledge, cardiology, and patients.

Professional representative vs primary care representative overview

	Professional Representative	Primary Care Representative
Yearly salary	$71,939	$187,913
Hourly rate	$34.59	$90.34
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	94,098	232,440
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 79%	Bachelor's Degree, 87%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	2

Professional representative vs primary care representative salary

Professional representatives and primary care representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Professional Representative	Primary Care Representative
Average salary	$71,939	$187,913
Salary range	Between $43,000 And $118,000	Between $97,000 And $363,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between professional representative and primary care representative education

There are a few differences between a professional representative and a primary care representative in terms of educational background:

	Professional Representative	Primary Care Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 79%	Bachelor's Degree, 87%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Professional representative vs primary care representative demographics

Here are the differences between professional representatives' and primary care representatives' demographics:

	Professional Representative	Primary Care Representative
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 46.4% Female, 53.6%	Male, 50.1% Female, 49.9%
Race ratio	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%	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 5.2% White, 72.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between professional representative and primary care representative duties and responsibilities

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.

Primary care representative example responsibilities.

Collaborate with primary care physicians and manage key product promotions-Cymbalta, Axiron, Cialis and Strattera.
Achieve sales growth objectives by incorporating product/technical knowledge, teamwork, customer and multi-product focus, innovation and creativity.
Promote in-line products to cardiologists, rheumatologists, orthopedic surgeons, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians.
Execute sales and marketing of family medicine, cardiology, and endocrinology products.
Promote Microzide & Dilacor for hypertension to primary care.
Promote the company's allergy, asthma, and anti-infective franchise.

Professional representative vs primary care representative skills

Common professional representative skills

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

Common primary care representative skills

Product Knowledge, 27%
Cardiology, 20%
Patients, 13%
Territory Management, 6%
Internal Medicine, 3%
Neurology, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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