Rental representative vs counter clerk

The differences between rental representatives and counter clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a rental representative has an average salary of $32,561, which is higher than the $30,268 average annual salary of a counter clerk.

The top three skills for a rental representative include customer satisfaction, reservations and phone calls. The most important skills for a counter clerk are customer service, cleanliness, and basic math.

Rental representative vs counter clerk overview

	Rental Representative	Counter Clerk
Yearly salary	$32,561	$30,268
Hourly rate	$15.65	$14.55
Growth rate	-4%	-10%
Number of jobs	8,167	75,025
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	High School Diploma, 40%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	-	-

Rental representative vs counter clerk salary

Rental representatives and counter clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Rental Representative	Counter Clerk
Average salary	$32,561	$30,268
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $38,000	Between $25,000 And $36,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	Vermont
Best paying company	-	Steel Dynamics
Best paying industry	-	Transportation

Differences between rental representative and counter clerk education

There are a few differences between a rental representative and a counter clerk in terms of educational background:

	Rental Representative	Counter Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	High School Diploma, 40%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Rental representative vs counter clerk demographics

Here are the differences between rental representatives' and counter clerks' demographics:

	Rental Representative	Counter Clerk
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 59.1% Female, 40.9%	Male, 31.3% Female, 68.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 17.9% Asian, 6.0% White, 57.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 7.0% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 5.6% White, 57.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between rental representative and counter clerk duties and responsibilities

Rental representative example responsibilities.

Conduct in-services on managing patients with chemotherapy-induce anemia to nursing staff at inpatient and outpatient facilities, providing treatment algorithms.
Receive inbound calls from customers inquiring information for reservations.
Track future availability on the basis of reservations.
Increase buyer awareness and traffic flow and orchestrate visual merchandising campaigns solidifying market positioning, catapulting spontaneous and POS sales revenues.
Describe product to customers and accurately explain details about DirecTV services.

Counter clerk example responsibilities.

Conduct routine inspections and manage mechanics payroll data utilizing ADP.
Record all sales transactions on POS and accurately process cash, and credit card transactions.
Preform end of day close out, including POS, cash count and inventory management.
Maintain shop cleanliness and inventory levels.
Maintain cleanliness according to sanitation requirements.
Register patients for medical services--operate switchboard--perform additional administrative support tasks for supervisory staff as needed.

Rental representative vs counter clerk skills

Common rental representative skills

Customer Satisfaction, 27%
Reservations, 11%
Phone Calls, 9%
Customer Accounts, 7%
Inbound Calls, 6%
Data Entry, 5%

Common counter clerk skills

Customer Service, 22%
Cleanliness, 9%
Basic Math, 9%
Cash Handling, 9%
Sales Floor, 7%
Food Preparation, 6%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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