Sales representative supervisor vs senior sales representative

The differences between sales representative supervisors and senior sales representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a sales representative supervisor, becoming a senior sales representative takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a senior sales representative has an average salary of $82,550, which is higher than the $35,469 average annual salary of a sales representative supervisor.

The top three skills for a sales representative supervisor include customer service, product knowledge and inbound calls. The most important skills for a senior sales representative are customer satisfaction, product knowledge, and sales consultants.

Sales representative supervisor vs senior sales representative overview

	Sales Representative Supervisor	Senior Sales Representative
Yearly salary	$35,469	$82,550
Hourly rate	$17.05	$39.69
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	402,301	210,521
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Average age	43	47
Years of experience	6	4

Sales representative supervisor vs senior sales representative salary

Sales representative supervisors and senior sales representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Sales Representative Supervisor	Senior Sales Representative
Average salary	$35,469	$82,550
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $51,000	Between $46,000 And $145,000
Highest paying City	-	Boston, MA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Google
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between sales representative supervisor and senior sales representative education

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

	Sales Representative Supervisor	Senior Sales Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

Sales representative supervisor vs senior sales representative demographics

Here are the differences between sales representative supervisors' and senior sales representatives' demographics:

	Sales Representative Supervisor	Senior Sales Representative
Average age	43	47
Gender ratio	Male, 60.8% Female, 39.2%	Male, 63.1% Female, 36.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 17.7% Asian, 6.9% White, 61.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.2% Asian, 5.1% White, 72.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	6%

Differences between sales representative supervisor and senior sales representative duties and responsibilities

Sales representative supervisor example responsibilities.

Create and lead staff development sessions on solution selling techniques/running effective promotions/POS execution/trade math.
Assist patients with Critical/Triage calls; document necessary symptoms for medical assistants to determine what medical intervention is necessary.
Describe product to customers and accurately explain details about DirecTV services.

Senior sales representative example responsibilities.

Manage regional MRI techs and schedules.
Manage educational speaker programs for physicians, nurses and pharmacists, introducing new oncology products.
Generate leads and evangelize product to physicians in orthopedics, hematology, internal medicine, surgery, critical care and cardiology.
Train new ISR's on purchasing skills.
Field service representative for HMO and PPO accounts.
Create and present PowerPoint presentations and train large groups of sales representatives.

Sales representative supervisor vs senior sales representative skills

Common sales representative supervisor skills

Customer Service, 31%
Product Knowledge, 24%
Inbound Calls, 7%
Outbound Calls, 7%
Customer Complaints, 3%
Sales Floor, 2%

Common senior sales representative skills

Customer Satisfaction, 21%
Product Knowledge, 11%
Sales Consultants, 8%
Customer Relationships, 8%
Sales Process, 7%
Customer Service, 6%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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